JPR_V3_N3_RP3 Versha Verma Sandeep B. Patil Journal on Pattern Recognition 2350-112X 3 3 13 18 Hand Gesture Recognition, Devnagari Sign Language Recognition, Human Computer Interaction, Feature Extraction, Edge Oriented Histogram Hand gesture based sign language is a different way of communication among the Deaf-mute and physically impaired people performed using specific hand gestures. Deaf-mute people face struggle in expressing their feelings to other people, which creates a communication gap between normal and deaf-mute people. This paper, based on hand gesture based Devnagari Sign language Recognition approaches aim to provide a communication way for the Deafmute Community over the society. Therefore, the authors have used static hand gesture based sign language recognition for Deaf-mute communication system. Many researchers use only single American Sign Language or Indian Sign Language for creating their database. In this paper, recent research of sign language is reviewed based on manual communication and body language. A hand gesture based Devnagari Sign Language for recognizing Hindi characters using hand gestures of Deaf-mute people is developed. Devnagari Sign Language recognition system is typically explained with five steps, i.e. acquisition, segmentation, pre-processing, feature extraction, and classification. September - November 2016 Copyright © 2016 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=12406