OmniSign provides accessibility solutions that bring Greek Sign Language to digital and physical spaces, enabling deaf individuals to access content that would otherwise be difficult to understand. The company offers services for websites, exhibitions, and museums, including video translation of text content and QR-code-based access to sign language videos. Their approach includes professional interpretation services and a widget that makes websites navigable in sign language.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Websites and physical spaces often present content primarily in written Greek, which is a second language for most deaf individuals whose native language is Greek Sign Language. This creates a significant accessibility barrier, particularly for content with complex or specialized terminology, limiting full participation in digital and cultural experiences.
Solution
OmniSign designs and delivers solutions that bring Greek Sign Language into both digital and physical environments. For websites, the OmniSign Web service translates all text elements into sign language videos, which are embedded through a widget that users can activate to access video interpretations of paragraphs, headings, and links. For physical spaces, OmniSign Space uses QR codes placed next to exhibits that link to a micro-site with corresponding sign language videos, requiring no app installation. The company also provides professional interpretation services, both in-person and remotely, with preparation that includes linguistic research for demanding contexts.
Target Audience
Primary customers are cultural institutions such as museums and exhibition spaces, as well as organizations with websites that need to be fully accessible to the deaf community, including those with complex or specialized content.
Features
- OmniSign Web widget that enables a website to switch into an accessibility mode, adding a "play" button to each translated text element for viewing the corresponding sign language video
- OmniSign Space micro-site system where QR codes are matched to exhibit-specific sign language videos, accessible directly via mobile browser without app installation
- Professional interpretation services from Greek and English to Greek Sign Language and vice versa, adhering to a professional code of ethics
- Pre-assignment preparation including collection of materials and linguistic research for complex terminology
- Video production workflow that involves selecting pages, segmenting text elements, recording interpreter videos, and uploading them to the OmniSign database