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Project · 2021COMPLETED

English to Irish Sign Language, British Sign Language and American Sign Language Translator

First ever project I did. Built for the TECS competition sponsored by Stripe, Patch and University of Limerick. Met John Collison and Tom McCarthy. This changed my life.

What I wanted to do

Make fingerspelling across Irish, British and American Sign Language easier to explore in a browser.

What I actually built

A browser-based text-to-fingerspelling translator completed for the inaugural TECS competition.

What happened

Won the overall TECS prize in 2021 and became the project that made building technology feel real.

What survived

  • A bias toward building before feeling ready.
  • Accessibility as a reason to learn technology.
  • The confidence to treat ideas as things that can become public artifacts.

Artifacts