A chit chat with Adarsh Hasija of Sign Language Karo
Language has no barriers. We listen to understand. Speak to communicate. But is language limited to words? No. There's body movements. Gestures. And Sign language. India is home to 63 million people hard of hearing and sign language was not included in the curriculum till 2021 . Identifying the gap in people who do not know the basics of sign language Sign Language Karo was born. A brief chat with its founder, Adarsh Hasija. Why did you think of Sign Language Karo? AH: It was a technology driven decision. I realised that technology had reached a point where, if you made hands signs in front of your phone’s camera, the phone can actually notice the positions of the fingers and recognise the signs. Computer Vision has made progress. And I thought why craft a sign language experience out this. And thus Sign Language Karo was born. How has you journey been so far? AH: It’s been great. As I mentioned it was a tech driven decision. So I st...