Company overview
Talksign is an artificial intelligence research and technology company developing tools that enable real-time communication between Deaf and hearing people through two-way sign language and speech translation.
The company aims to address communication barriers experienced by Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities, particularly in situations where access to qualified sign language interpreters is limited. Its technology uses artificial intelligence, computer vision and machine learning to interpret sign language and convert spoken or written language into visual signing.
Founded in November 2025 by Nigerian entrepreneur Edidiong Ekong and AI engineer Kazi Mahathir Rahman, Talksign is developing an accessibility platform that lets users communicate across devices, including smartphones, computers, and smart glasses.
Unlike conventional accessibility solutions that focus primarily on converting speech into text, Talksign is developing technology for communication in both directions: sign language to speech and speech to sign language.
The company also emphasises collaboration with Deaf communities, involving Deaf signers in the development, evaluation and review of its technology and training datasets.
Products and services
Talksign is developing an ecosystem of AI-powered accessibility products and services.
Talksign Translate
Talksign Translate is designed to facilitate real-time conversations between Deaf and hearing individuals. It supports sign-to-speech and speech-to-sign translation, allowing participants to communicate using their preferred methods.
Palm – Sign-to-speech AI model
Palm is Talksign’s sign language recognition model. It interprets signing through a camera and converts it into spoken language and text. Palm 2.0 is listed as an available model on the company’s website.
Echo – Speech-to-sign AI model
Echo converts spoken or written English into sign language through photorealistic digital avatars. The technology is designed to make spoken communication accessible to Deaf sign language users. Echo 2.0 is listed as available.
Morph – Video-to-video generation
Morph is an AI-powered video generation model designed to transform existing sign language videos into different signing styles, avatars or visual presentations.
Talksign Smart Glasses
The company is developing smart glasses that provide sign language translation and captions within the wearer’s field of view, supporting more accessible face-to-face interactions.
Talksign Canvas
Canvas is a tool for creating, customising and publishing sign language content at scale.
Talksign Captions
This product focuses on making video content more accessible through sign language captions.
Talksign Marketplace
Talksign operates a marketplace that connects sign language contributors and Deaf communities with organisations, researchers, and AI developers seeking sign language datasets. Contributors can record sign language videos, while organisations can access datasets for research and AI development.
Talksign Embed and developer tools
The company is also developing tools to allow organisations and developers to integrate sign language translation capabilities into their own digital products and platforms.
Technology and innovation
Talksign develops proprietary AI models for sign language translation, using computer vision, speech recognition, natural language processing and video generation.
Its technology is built around three principal AI models:
- Palm: Interprets sign language and converts it into speech and text.
- Echo: Converts spoken or written language into sign language through digital avatars.
- Morph: Generates modified sign language videos using existing signing footage.
The company says its models are trained using datasets developed in collaboration with Deaf signers rather than relying exclusively on publicly scraped data.
Talksign also emphasises data consent, privacy, community participation, and human review of generated signing.
Languages supported
American Sign Language (ASL) is listed as available on the platform.
The company identifies British Sign Language (BSL), Chinese Sign Language (CSL), German Sign Language (DGS) and Australian Sign Language (Auslan) as languages under development.
Talksign has also featured Nigerian Sign Language datasets in its marketplace, demonstrating an interest in expanding sign language AI resources beyond its initial language coverage. However, Nigerian Sign Language should not yet be described as a fully supported live translation language.
Industries and applications
Talksign’s technology is designed for use across several sectors, including healthcare, education, employment, public services, media and entertainment, travel, tourism and events.
In healthcare, the technology aims to improve communication between Deaf patients and medical professionals. In education, it seeks to make lectures and other learning activities more accessible. In workplaces and public institutions, it is designed to reduce communication barriers between Deaf and hearing individuals.
Business model
Talksign operates across several commercial areas, including AI-powered accessibility software, enterprise technology, developer integrations and sign language data licensing.
Its marketplace also lets sign language contributors earn money by recording and submitting videos for approved datasets. Organisations and AI developers can license datasets for research and commercial applications.
The company also offers opportunities for custom dataset development and enterprise-level technology integration.
Company details and contact information
Company name: Talksign
Industry: Artificial Intelligence and Assistive Technology
Founded: November 2025
Founders: Edidiong Ekong and Kazi Mahathir Rahman
Registered office: 190 Holliday Street, Birmingham, B1 1FD, United Kingdom
Company registration number: 17060416
Website: www.talksign.co
General enquiries: hello@talksign.co
Careers: careers@talksign.co
Headquarters: United Kingdom
