Gloves turn hand gestures into speech

20 August 2012 Last updated at 22:50 ET Help

A team of Ukrainian students have developed gloves that can turn hand gestures into speech using computer technology.

The team have built a number of prototypes and tested them with sign language users in Ukraine.

Newsnight's Susan Watts went to meet them.

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