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Founded in 2023, the company is honoured with the Kenya Presidential Innovation Award. Signvrse employs motion capture technology to record real interpreters’ signing movements.
In a Nairobi innovation hub, a startup is turning spoken and written words into Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) using AI and motion-captured avatars. Signvrse, is the company behind this breakthrough. It aims to revolutionize communication for the deaf community with its platform, Terp 360—Africa’s first AI-driven KSL translation tool.
Founded in 2023, the company is honoured with the Kenya Presidential Innovation Award. Signvrse employs motion capture technology to record real interpreters’ signing movements.
The system tracks body gestures, hand rotations, and facial expressions to produce lifelike digital avatars that sign fluently. The innovation will help Kenya’s deaf community, who faces communication hurdles in workplaces, hospitals, and public services.
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The app currently converts English to KSL. The web App has over 2,000 users Signvrse plans to launch a mobile version by December 2025. A subscription-based service for both personal and business use are planned, bringing seamless sign language access to millions. It also plans to incorporate Swahili translation, to broaden the user base.
