How Real-Time Sign Language Translation Bridges Communication Gaps

Project Overview

QianShou Guanyin – “Observe Ten Thousand Hands, Broadcast Every Sentence” is a sign‑language video recognition app that captures hand gestures via a camera and translates them into spoken language in real time.

Core Features

Core function: Camera captures sign language of users with hearing impairments and instantly translates it into audible speech.

Inspiration

More than 20.54 million people in China have hearing impairments and over 17.31 million are visually impaired, many of whom cannot express simple phrases like “I love you”.

Project Background

Sign‑language video recognition helps hearing‑impaired individuals overcome language barriers, enabling effective communication with non‑sign‑language users.

Key points:

01 Language Barrier – The app facilitates communication between deaf users and others.

02 Social Isolation – By recognizing sign language, disabled users can more easily participate in social activities, reducing isolation.

03 Employment Opportunities – Sign‑language recognition technology creates new job prospects for the hearing‑impaired.

Product Goals

Improve communication efficiency by providing instant sign‑language translation, promote educational equity for deaf students, and enhance overall social inclusion.

Project Summary

The product’s breakthrough is real‑time video sign‑language recognition and translation, offering immediacy and practicality to solve communication challenges for people with hearing or visual disabilities. Future aims include supporting educational fairness and fostering a more inclusive society.