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New glove that helps deaf and blind people send text messages

It enables blind and deaf people to communicate with each other using hand motions.

It is a challenge for deaf and blind people to enjoy the sms feature on their mobile phones. That is fast becoming a thing of the past, as technologists in Germany are in the process of releasing a glove that will enable deaf and blind send text messages easily.

This device is a better version of lorm- a "tactile alphabet" that enables blind and deaf people to communicate with each other using hand motions in Germany.Experts say that the shortcomings of lorm was that not many people understood the language and as a result many of them were limited and could not communicate effectively with each other.

This new technology is an improved version of lorm. It is called the mobile lorm glove.It enables deaf and blind people to transmit lorm to text on a mobile device or computer. The device transmits text messages to a receiver’s phone, after inbuilt sensors get the lorm when a user runs his hand across the glove’s palm, and translates the tactile motions into text.

Sources say it is as easy as running your fingers across your body or palm with your normal hand.

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The mobile lorm glove was tested by Edi Haug in an interview with BBC, where he sent a text message saying “I can send and receive and it is easy.” The mobile lorm glove allows users to communicate with more than one person at a time.

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