Open markets

The law is written. The access is not built.

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In each of these countries the obligation already exists — named in statute, with dates and in some cases penalties attached. What does not exist is the supply: signed content, at scale, made and owned by the Deaf community itself. We are looking for the operating partner in each market.

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Why we are looking for partners

One partner video — spoken, captioned and signed by a creator we already work with, shared across every open-market page. We do not record a local signer for a market we have not entered.

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The markets

Where the mandate is ahead of the supply

In plain words

These are countries where a law already says people must be able to understand what is on screen. Almost nowhere is that actually done in sign language. We are looking for one partner in each country to build it with us.

  • Philippines

    FSL Filipino Sign Language

    The law says FSL. The country is still catching up.

  • United Kingdom

    BSL British Sign Language

    The UK wrote sign language into a quota. The catalogue is not signed yet.

  • Australia

    Auslan Auslan

    We taught the internet it owed us access.

  • Canada

    ASL / LSQ American Sign Language · Langue des signes québécoise

    We beat Ottawa in court. Then Ottawa wrote our law.

  • Japan

    JSL Japanese Sign Language

    Japan made accommodation mandatory. The supply did not follow.

  • India

    ISL Indian Sign Language

    India's accessibility mandate is law. Most of it is still unmet.

  • Malaysia

    BIM Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia

    Malaysia's law names sign language. Most screens still do not carry it.

  • Indonesia

    BISINDO Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia

    Indonesia has two sign systems. Only one belongs to the community.

  • Brazil

    Libras Língua Brasileira de Sinais

    Official since 2002. Still not on the screen.

  • France

    LSF Langue des signes française

    France subtitles everything. Almost none of it is signed.

  • Germany

    DGS Deutsche Gebärdensprache

    Germany recognised DGS in 2002. The screens have not caught up.

  • Italy

    LIS Lingua dei segni italiana

    Italy recognised LIS in 2021. Four films in five are still closed.

  • New Zealand

    NZSL New Zealand Sign Language

    New Zealand made NZSL official in 2006. Nothing requires it on screen.

  • Singapore

    SgSL Singapore Sign Language

    Singapore requires sign language on its biggest broadcasts. Nowhere else.

  • South Korea

    KSL Korean Sign Language

    Korea's Supreme Court just ordered the cinemas to deliver. Nobody can yet.

  • Taiwan

    TSL Taiwan Sign Language

    Taiwan made TSL a national language. The screens still speak only Mandarin.

  • China

    CSL Chinese Sign Language

    China wrote a daily signed bulletin into law. The rest of the screen is open.

  • Hong Kong

    HKSL Hong Kong Sign Language

    Hong Kong's regulator ordered a daily signed bulletin. Nobody has gone past it.

  • Vietnam

    VSL Vietnamese sign languages

    Vietnam's law puts sign language on television. Ten interpreters were counted for the country.

  • Argentina

    LSA Lengua de Señas Argentina

    Argentina's TV has owed sign language since 2009. The language got its law in 2023.

  • Mexico

    LSM Lengua de Señas Mexicana

    Mexico's sign language is a national language. The news signs one segment a day.

  • Kenya

    KSL Kenyan Sign Language

    Kenya's news has signed by law since 2016. The rest of the screen is open.

  • South Africa

    SASL South African Sign Language

    South Africa made SASL official in 2023. Nobody accredits its interpreters.

  • Uganda

    USL Ugandan Sign Language

    Uganda wrote sign language into its Constitution in 1995. The newscasts still owe it.

  • Nigeria

    NSL Nigerian Sign Language

    Nigeria's five-year accessibility deadline expired in January 2024. The largest market in Africa is open.

  • United Arab Emirates

    ESL Emirati Sign Language

    The UAE has a Cabinet-adopted sign language dictionary. No screen is required to use it.

  • Qatar

    QSL Qatari Sign Language

    Qatar's new disability law fines non-compliance from 2026. Nobody can supply the signers.

  • Saudi Arabia

    SSL Saudi Sign Language

    Saudi Arabia's 2023 law fines discrimination up to SAR 500,000. Nothing yet says what a signed screen is.

  • Bangladesh

    BdSL Bangla Sign Language

    Bangladesh recognised its sign language in law in 2013. Its interpreters are still untrained.

  • Pakistan

    PSL Pakistan Sign Language

    Pakistan has four disability laws and no recognised sign language. The Deaf community published one anyway.

  • Egypt

    Egyptian SL Egyptian Sign Language

    Egypt's law orders the news signed and names its language. The film industry owes nothing yet.

  • Chile

    LSCh Lengua de Señas Chilena

    Chile's courts have ordered the channels to sign three times. The channels still wait to be ordered.

  • Colombia

    LSC Lengua de Señas Colombiana

    Colombia recognised its sign language in 1996. Delivery is still won one tutela at a time.

  • Türkiye

    TİD Turkish Sign Language

    Türkiye's broadcasters owe ten per cent of airtime in sign language. The deadline passed in 2024.

  • Peru

    LSP Lengua de Señas Peruana

    Peru's new law fixes the interpreter's box at ten per cent of the screen. Nobody yet has the interpreters.

These pages describe an opening, not an operation. We have no staff, no creators and no customers in these markets — that is what the page is for. Where we do work, the country pages say so: countries.

The partnership

What a partnership looks like

We bring

  • The platform and the API
  • The creator playbook and the content engine
  • The compliance-to-comprehension playbook, proven city by city
  • The brand, the training, and the patent-pending cinema line

You bring

  • Standing in the market — with government, broadcasters, or the Deaf community
  • Operating capacity and local relationships
  • Market investment
  • The ambition to run a market of that size

The structure is a licensed market operation, built with the local community. Terms are discussed directly.

The partner

Deaf-led operators, especially.

Operators with standing in accessibility, media, telecom or government services. Deaf-led organisations and entrepreneurs are explicitly welcome — the best operator of an accessibility market may well come from the community itself. Investors are welcome alongside an operator, or to introduce one.

Every sign language is a market someone organises first. We would rather it was the community.

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