[소셜밸류=박완규 기자] KL Cube, an AI sign language platform which has been offering its service to both public and private sectors, garnered attention by enhancing digital accessibility.
Through ‘HandSignVerse’, its AI sign language avatar platform, KL Cube converts voice and text messages into sign language videos. The service incorporates non-verbal elements, including Korean sign language grammar, facial expressions, and gestures.
KL Cube has secured a variety of implementation cases across key sectors including the public, financial, healthcare and transportation industries, validating its practicality of AI sign language service while expanding its reach across various touchpoints in daily life.
For instance, the company is powering KakaoBank with its AI human-based sign language technology, enabling the platform to deliver product and service information in sign language. In addition, it has leveraged its service for KORAIL kiosks while implementing sign language guidance and interpretation systems at Seoul Medical Center.
On May, the company entered into an MOU with COEX to improve digital accessibility and expand inclusive services. The partnership aims to implement an AI sign language service for major informational content on the COEX website, enhancing the overall accessibility of exhibition and convention information.
Recently, KL Cube has been strengthening its technological competitive edge by showcasing ‘HandSign NOVA’, a real-time AI sign language translation service.
HandSign Nova is a service that translate users’ voice or text messages into sign language in real-time, generating sign language content without the need for additional video production. Its applications are highly versatile, as users can customize the appearance and style of their avatars align with their specific service purposes and institutional identities.
As the service was introduced at major events, including AI Expo Korea and Smart Tech Korea, it garnered attention from numerous attendees and institutional representatives. It was also recognized for opening up new possibilities in real-time, sign language-based digital accessibility.
Its technological capabilities are also capturing external attention. Its AI-based automatic sign language translation service, ‘HandSignTalkTalk’, won the New Software Product Awards, receiving the Minister’s Award from the Ministry of Science and ICT. Additionally, it strengthened its foundation for expanding into public market by being designated as innovative product by the Public Procurement Service and registered on the Digital Service Procurement System. The company is now actively broadening its horizons for global market entry through introducing its AI sign language technology at both domestic major exhibitions and IT expos in Japan.
An official from KL Cube noted, “Information accessibility in the digital service era is no longer an option but a necessity. We are committed to enhancing information accessibility for digitally underprivileged groups, including individuals with hard of hearing, through an AI sign language technology, creating a digital environment where no one is left behind.”
As a resident company of Seoul Startup Hub Seongsu, KL Cube consistently promotes R&D in AI sign language technology and advances its services by leveraging the city’s startup support programs and networks. Building on this foundation, the company is broadening digital accessibility across both the public and private sectors, contributing to an inclusive digital environment accessible to all.
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