सुनोसाथी · Open ISL dataset

Can you sign? Help teach Indian Sign Language. क्या आप साइन कर सकते हैं? ISL सिखाने में मदद कीजिए।

Teaching an AI to sign takes real signing, from real people. In five minutes on your phone, you can help build India's first open Indian Sign Language dataset — one word at a time.

No app to install · works in your phone's browser · free, and always will be

63Mdeaf & hard-of-hearing Indians
~5 minis all it takes to help
Opendataset, free for ISL research

Who we need 🙏

If sign language is part of how you communicate, your signing is exactly what this needs. You don't need to be a teacher — you just need to sign naturally.

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Deaf & hard-of-hearing signers

बहरे और कम सुनने वाले साथी — your everyday signs are the heart of this dataset.

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ISL interpreters

Dubhashiya / interpreters who sign every day for work or community.

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Teachers & special educators

Anyone who teaches in or with ISL at a school, NGO or deaf association.

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Families & CODAs

Hearing children of deaf adults, and family members who sign at home.

How it works · कैसे काम करता है

Open the link on a phone with a camera. Sign in once, agree to a short consent, and you're recording in under a minute.

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A word appears

स्क्रीन पर एक शब्द दिखेगा। Everyday words and phrases, one at a time.

2

Sign it

उसे साइन में करके 3–5 सेकंड रिकॉर्ड करें। A short 3–5 second recording from your phone camera.

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Review & send

देखकर भेजें, या फिर से करें। Watch it back, then send — or redo it. Go as long as you like.

Why it matters

Signs on screen, for deaf users

SunoSathi gives deaf and hard-of-hearing people live captions of phone calls. The next step is showing signs, not just text — so the app speaks the language of the Deaf community.

That needs an AI trained on real ISL. This is how we build it, together.

Open for everyone

There is no large, open Indian Sign Language dataset. The recordings you contribute become one — free and open for ISL research and for other accessibility tools, not locked away.

You help one app today, and the whole field tomorrow.

Your signs, your consent

You decide, clearly

Before you record anything, you read a short, plain-language consent and agree to it. Nothing is recorded until you do.

आपकी अनुमति के बिना कुछ भी रिकॉर्ड नहीं होता।

Used to teach signing — that's all

Clips are used to build the ISL dataset and train signing models. You can report or skip any word you don't want to record.

Questions? Email namaste@sunosathi.com or WhatsApp +91 98190 95969.

Ready to help teach ISL? 🧡

Five minutes of your signing can give a deaf person their language on screen. आइए, मिलकर बनाते हैं।

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