Silence Gebarentaalvertaler by Guangpeng Yue

Silence Gebarentaalvertaler by Guangpeng Yue is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Brons in Consumentenelektronica Competition Category.

BronsConsumentenelektronica· 2022

Silence Gebarentaalvertaler

by Guangpeng Yue

Client: LuXun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Consumentenelektronica Category

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The Design

About Silence Gebarentaalvertaler

Silence is een gebarentaalvertaler die is ontworpen om de communicatie tussen dove en horende mensen te ondersteunen. Het apparaat zet gebarentaal om in gesproken audio en zet spraak om in gebarentaal, weergegeven als een holografische projectie. Een bewegingssensormodule aan de voorzijde legt gebaren vast, terwijl een module aan de achterzijde spraak opneemt en afspeelt. Vertaling en verwerking vinden plaats in de behuizing, die is gemaakt van geanodiseerd aluminium. De rechthoekige vorm meet 40 cm breed, 40 cm diep en 80 cm hoog, waardoor Silence geschikt is voor uiteenlopende openbare ruimtes.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

Silence Gebarentaalvertaler is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Brons, een hoogst prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan uitstekende ontwerpen die zich onderscheiden door creativiteit, vindingrijkheid en scherpzinnigheid. Winnaars in Brons zijn ruimschoots vaardige en opvallend creatieve artefacten die de grote ervaring, verbeelding en het vernuft van hun ontwerpers bevestigen. Silence Gebarentaalvertaler wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerd, bewonderd en gekoesterd object te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Brons heeft gewonnen, verwerkt de beste praktijken in kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie en is uitstekend door zijn aandacht voor detail. Silence Gebarentaalvertaler bevredigt schitterend behoeften, raakt verlangens, charmeert gevoelens en spreekt de nieuwsgierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Silence is a device which can inter-transfer acoustical signal and sign language. It aims to break the communication barriers between the deaf and the ordinary. Compared with others, this device provides the holographic projection of the translated sign language to help the deaf understand the others. Thus to make the communication faster and easier.
Dimensions & Packaging: The product is a flat rectangle, 40cm long , 40cm wide and 80cm high, the shape is more suitable for a variety of public places. When it’s opened, there’s a screen of holographic projection module.
Tags: Sign Language，Translate，Holographic Projection，Disadvantaged， Voice interaction
Production Technology: The main marital is anodic aluminum oxide. The product has four parts, the front side is module of somatosensory recognition the back side is module of voice playback and recording, the top is module of holographic projection, the inside part is module of language information translation and processing.
Design Challenge: The main problem in the design process is how to capture the sign language action, understand the sign language, transfer sign language to voice, image the voice content, and what is the form of the image, whether the significance of the imaging is accurate etc. Finally，the capture problem is solved by Kinet, the problem of sign language transformation was solved with a complete set of procedures, the imaging problem is solved with a z-type holographic projection imaging device.
Research: Silence is a product designed for people with hearing and language disabled in order to help them to communicate fluently with others through technology of holographic projection, sign language translating, voice transformation, action recognition and capture. Etc. The coming out of Silence breaks through the communication barriers between the deaf and others, makes the communication easier, solves many inconveniences in the their lives
Inspiration: The deaf has lot difficulties in daily communication. Sign language, because of its convenience, is more frequently used than text language, so, a sign language translator device is imperative in the communication between the deaf from different countries. Silence can make the fluent communication come true.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2021 at Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts of Shenyang, Liaoning, China, and be completed in October 2021.
Operation Flow: The using process is as follows: the sign language is presented to Silence, Silence translates it into target vioce language to the listeners, after receiving the information, the listeners input the voice message into Silence, after translation processing, Silence outputs sign language, thus, the whole communicating process is completed.
Team Members: Weizhi Cao
Guangpeng Yue
Hang Yin
Fengze Li
Meng Zhang
Jiayi Zhu
Jinsheng Zhao
Xueqiang Zhang
Xiaolong Yin
Jiaqi Cui
Zixuan Meng
Yanlei Huang
Yingyi Li