SignBridge lets Deaf and hearing people talk, collaborate, and learn together. Type and a signing avatar appears. Sign to the camera and it becomes text — and is spoken aloud. Two directions, one shared screen, in real time.
Why it matters
Captions alone leave many people out. For signers whose first language is sign — not written English — a faithful signing avatar is the difference between reading and understanding.
70M+
Deaf people use sign language worldwide
World Federation of the Deaf
300+
distinct sign languages in active use across the globe
World Federation of the Deaf
Full
natural languages — sign has its own grammar; it is not signed English
Linguistic consensus
How you use it
The same two-way engine, in the room or across the world.
Both people are together and pass — or place — a single phone or laptop between them. The hearing person types and the Deaf person watches the signing avatar (ideal for signers who don't read written English). The Deaf person signs to the camera and clear text appears, spoken aloud for the hearing person.
A Zoom-style experience that carries the very same bidirectional bridge across distance — sign on one side, speech and text on the other — so distance is no longer a barrier to an inclusive conversation.
How it works
Pick the direction that matches who is communicating. Both live side by side in the same session.
Principles
Grounded in open sign-language research and built to be understood in seconds.
The camera and hand-tracking run entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, no account is needed.
Built for classrooms, study groups, and one-on-one practice — a patient companion, not a replacement for interpreters.
Signs become on-screen text and are spoken aloud, so a hearing partner can both read and hear the message.
Powered by the open-source sign.mt pose engine and Google MediaPipe hand tracking — transparent, not a black box.
No install, no sign-up. Open SignBridge and try both directions in under a minute.
Open SignBridgeA project by team
Bending the distance between Deaf and hearing — so every conversation has its own pull toward understanding.