Tuesday, March 17, 2015

[yagxyxty] Transmitting hand signals

The camera is aimed at your hands, and the display shows the other person's hands.  This is an interesting way to communicate: silent, and requiring no additional equipment such as a keyboard, microphone, or speaker.  Possibly difficult for the surveillance state to constantly and automatically eavesdrop and understand.

Already existing sign languages move the hands and arms all over, requiring a high resolution camera and display.  Develop a smaller sign language which keeps the arms still.  Finger spelling is one possibility, but I think something more sophisticated is possible.  How many distinct shapes can be made with one hand?  With two?  Need to avoid transitions between shapes from forming legitimate shapes.

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