True motion to meaning.
Nothing lost in translation.
Translating motion. Understanding meaning.
Universal expression and intent, conveyed in real time.
Impossible, until now.
It was never a translation problem. It was a convergence problem.
Human communication doesn't travel through words alone. It moves through thousands of simultaneous signals.
- Hands
- Body geometry
- 3D skeletal motion
- Facial anatomy
- Micro-expression
- Macro-expression
- Timing
- Velocity
- Inflection
- Context
- Intent
Existing systems reduce sign language to a dictionary. We model the motion that creates meaning.
Doing that in real time required six fields to mature independently — computer vision, deep 3D landmark tracking, machine learning, large-scale translation, real-time multilingual speech, and GPU inference fast enough to run live over end-to-end encrypted streams. Each existed on its own. Only now can they run together, as one engine.
Six technologies. One engine.
The engine
One engine, built in layers.
Not six products bolted together. One proprietary engine, engineered as layers that only work as a whole.
- 01
Vision
Deep 3D capture reads the hands, body, and face in three dimensions — no gloves, no sensors.
- 02
Motion
Skeletal and gesture modeling tracks the true movement that carries meaning, frame by frame.
- 03
Expression
Micro- and macro-expression are read as language, not noise.
- 04
Language
Context and intent resolve into real meaning, then translate across languages.
- 05
Voice
Natural, real-time multilingual speech renders the reply aloud.
- 06
Inference
GPU-fast inference delivers it live, over end-to-end encrypted streams. Under a second.
Six layers. One unified intelligence.
One next step for everyone
Wherever you're coming from, there's a place for you in what we're building. Choose the path that fits you.
For the community
Deaf, hard-of-hearing & families
We're building this with the Deaf community, not around it — paid contribution work, a genuine voice, and a real partnership. See how.
For the Deaf communityFor business
Banks, dealerships, retail & more
Serve every customer and meet your ADA obligation with instant, on-demand translation on the devices you already use. No scheduling, no interpreter to book.
Become a launch partnerFor healthcare
Hospitals, clinics & practices
Deliver equitable, compliant care with on-demand translation the moment you need it. Bring SignOra to your patients as an early clinical site.
Request clinical infoThis is normal. It should not be.
The gap between Deaf and hearing people isn't abstract. It shows up in the moments that matter most, and today it's handled by scheduling, waiting, or simply going without.
A Deaf patient arrives at the ER. There's no interpreter on site, so one is dialed in on a cart, if a line is free. Otherwise the exam proceeds through hurried notes and a worried family member, in one of the most private moments of a person's life.
A daughter wants to tell her father about her day. A customer wants to open an account. A student wants to ask a question. Each is a small, human connection, and each one waits on a scheduled interpreter who isn't there.
This isn't about “fixing” anyone. Deaf and hard-of-hearing people navigate a hearing world every day. SignOra exists to restore autonomy and privacy, to make the connection instant and the third stranger optional. Under the ADA and Section 1557, effective communication is already required, yet fewer than 14,000 certified interpreters serve 48 million Americans with hearing loss.
A complete two-way conversation, fully automated
SignOra runs both directions at once, so a Deaf and a hearing person can talk naturally through a single device, with no human in the loop and no waiting.
The camera reads signs and speaks them aloud
- 1.CaptureThe camera films the Deaf user signing, with no wearables, gloves, or sensors.
- 2.RecognizeHand and body keypoints are extracted frame-by-frame and decoded into language.
- 3.TranslatePredictive translation begins before the sentence finishes, designed to scale to 300+ languages.
- 4.SpeakNatural synthesized speech plays aloud for the hearing person to hear.
"Thank you."
Spoken replies become captions and a signing avatar
- 1.ListenThe hearing person simply talks; their speech is captured and transcribed.
- 2.TranslateWords are translated back into the Deaf user's own sign language.
- 3.CaptionLive captions appear on screen as the conversation unfolds.
- 4.SignA signing avatar renders the reply visually, completing the loop.
"Let's get your blood pressure checked, then I'll order a scan."
Six orchestrated layers, from capture to speech
SignOra is a production-grade AI stack built by a team spanning computer vision, real-time translation, and speech. The hardest parts, video, audio, and the orchestration that ties them together, are already built. What's launching now is the gesture-recognition layer that completes the loop.
Vision capture
The camera reads hands, face, and body in real time, no gloves, wearables, or sensors. Just a phone or tablet.
Gesture recognition
Skeletal keypoints are extracted frame-by-frame and decoded into language. This is the layer we are training now and preparing to launch.
Predictive translation
Translation begins before a sentence finishes, engineered to scale across hundreds of sign and spoken languages.
Natural voice
Synthesized, natural-sounding speech plays aloud for the hearing person, and captures their reply.
Signing avatar
Spoken replies render back into the Deaf user's sign language through an on-screen signing avatar.
Continuous learning
With consent, the system is built to keep improving over time, rather than training on fixed, quarterly datasets.
Underneath it all is a polylingual engine that turns human motion into meaning. Sign language is where we start; universal human motion to meaning is where we are headed.
See it in action
Real moments. No barriers.
SignOra turns any phone into a live, two-way translator between sign and speech — so every conversation can just begin.
Engineering targets for the SignOra architecture. Verified benchmarks will be published in the technology whitepaper as the pipeline is built.
- < 3s
- Target end-to-end translation latency
- ASL → EN
- First language pair in active development
- 6
- Specialized AI layers orchestrated in the pipeline
- 24/7
- On-demand availability, no scheduling or wait times
For the community
The link between you and the hearing world, in your pocket
SignOra is coming to iPhone, iPad, and Android. Point the camera, sign naturally, and be heard, then see spoken replies come back as captions and a signing avatar. Join the early-access list and help shape the app before it launches.
- Two-way translation between your sign language and speech, on your own phone or tablet
- On-demand, the moment you need it, with no interpreter to schedule and no third stranger in the room
- Built with the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community, to restore autonomy and privacy, not to “fix” anyone
"Let's get your blood pressure checked, then I'll order a scan."
"Let's get your blood pressure checked, then I'll order a scan."
For healthcare & enterprise
Lead on access before it's mandated
Whether you run a hospital, a dealership, a bank, or a law firm, the obligation to communicate with Deaf and hard-of-hearing people is already yours. Book a pilot or submit a letter of intent, and help define the workflow while founding terms are still open.
- A private briefing on the SignOra pipeline and how it deploys in your environment
- A clear ADA and Section 504 accommodation overview for your obligations
- A cost comparison against your current interpreter or VRI contracts
- Founding-partner terms and priority pilot access before general availability
A limited founding cohort, onboarded in waves
To protect quality, we onboard early users and pilot sites in deliberate waves rather than all at once. Founding partners get more than early access, they help define what SignOra becomes.
Shape the product
Founding users and pilot sites help define the real-world workflow, from clinical settings to everyday use, before it's set.
Lock founding terms
Early partners secure founding pricing and terms that later entrants won't be offered once general availability opens.
Lead on access
Move first on accessibility, ahead of tightening enforcement, and be recognized as an organization that decided access couldn't wait.
We'd rather onboard a smaller group well than a large one poorly. When a wave is full, the next opens. No countdowns, no invented scarcity, just a real limit on how many partners we can serve at founding quality at once.
Equitable care for Deaf and hard-of-hearing patients
Healthcare is a legal compliance obligation, not a voluntary market. 6,000+ US hospitals and 900,000+ physician offices must solve this now. SignOra installs on the devices you already own, works 24/7 with no scheduling, and costs a fraction of human interpreter contracts. We start here, then expand to education and everyday life.
Primary & specialty care
Two-way translation in the exam room for intake, appointments, and follow-ups, instantly.
Urgent & emergency
Nothing to schedule. Point the device and the conversation starts the moment it's needed.
Pharmacy & front desk
Handle check-ins, consent, and medication counseling without leaving patients guessing.
Hospitals & health systems
Standardize compliant communication across every department and location on one platform.
The moment is now.
The demand is here, the mandate is enforced, and the access gap is measurable. The numbers make the case.
Americans are deaf or hard of hearing and need accessible communication.
DOJ settlement fund for ~400 sign-language interpreter failures across 41 facilities. A $400K settlement followed in Dec 2025.
updated by HHS in May 2024 with new digital accessibility standards. Enforcement is tightening.
of interpreters projected lost by 2030 in some states. The shortage is a declared national crisis.
Trust is the whole point
SignOra serves a vulnerable community and works inside regulated institutions. Privacy, autonomy, and accessibility are built into the product from the ground up.
Compliance by design
Architected to support HIPAA and GDPR-grade privacy, so effective communication is built into the product, not bolted on.
Built with the community
SignOra is designed with Deaf and hard-of-hearing voices, to restore autonomy and privacy, never to “fix” anyone.
Advisory board forming
We're assembling clinical, accessibility, and community advisors, and we'll name them here as they join.
Frequently asked questions
The honest answers, what SignOra does, what it doesn't, and what we're still building.
Universal access isn't an if. It's a when.
SignOra turns human motion into meaning, so a Deaf person and a hearing person can simply talk, in any language, on demand. Pick your next step and be on the early side of it.