MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611010274 A) filed by Thapar Institute Of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, Punjab, on Jan. 31, for 'i-samvaad: offline smart glove for asl gesture-to-speech translation.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Arun Kumar Chatterjee; Dr. Rishikesh Pandey; Ayush Goyal; Prince Jakhar; Garv Kansal; Jigyansh; Akshat Mittal; and Madhu Kushwaha.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A wearable smart glove, designated i-SAMVAAD, provided real-time translation of predefined American Sign Language (ASL) gestures into audible speech and text for deaf and...