Glove designers plan messaging path for deaf-blind

(Phys.org) -- People coping with the double absence of vision and hearing can communicate via mobile devices with the help of a special glove, now under development in Germany’s Design Research Lab. The Mobile Lorm Glove is a wearable device that lets the user compose messages to be transmitted to the receiver’s smartphone. This same glove allows the deaf-blind user to receive incoming messages as well. Basically, the person who cannot see or hear can use tactile feedback to send and receive communications.

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