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Kenyan startup signvrse pioneers AI-powered sign language translation

In a Nairobi innovation hub, a startup is turning science fiction into reality by translating spoken and written words into Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) using AI and motion-captured avatars.

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00:00A young entrepreneur from Kenya is harnessing AI to break down communication barriers for the deaf community.
00:07His startup TEP360 is Africa's first AI-powered sign language translation platform designed specifically for local users.
00:15This groundbreaking innovation aims to transform communication and improve lives for the deaf and hearing alike.
00:21SignVers is an assistive technology, a social enterprise, with a mission to bridge communication barriers for the deaf community
00:29and how we do this is we've built Africa's first AI translation platform called TEP360.
00:36We like to call it Google Translate for sign language and how this works is it interprets text and speech input
00:43and outputs very fluid, natural avatars, which is a digital human that now signs the same way a human being does at scale.
00:53Created in 2023 and honoured with the Kenyan Presidential Innovation Award, SignVers is digitizing Kenyan sign language using motion capture to accurately preserve interpreter's signing movements.
01:04The techniques that we are using to digitize sign language, we use motion capture systems to accurately record sign language motion.
01:15So looking at the body movement, hand rotation and articulation, facial expression, that enables us to accurately capture the linguistic
01:25and vibrant nature of sign language as a language and that's what makes our platform unique.
01:32Servatia is confident his solution will grow by prioritizing the deaf community.
01:37With 2000 users on TEP360 web app, the mobile version will be launched in December 2025.
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