JAPANESE SIGN LANGUAGE (JSL) × DIGITAL

Start with sign language.
Communicate. Type. Control. Play.

PocoFre turns Japanese Sign Language (JSL) into new ways to interact with the digital world—from typing Japanese text to controlling tools and playing games.

iOS COMING SOON

Available for Android in Japan. The iOS version is coming soon.

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HelloLet's get started with PocoFre

Recognizing

Camera active A character using a Japanese Sign Language sign for good morning

Show Japanese signs to the camera

Hiragana recognition resultおはようございます

おはようございますおはよう

Sign language, expanded!✦

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WHAT POCOFRE CAN DO

Expand digital experiences through Japanese Sign Language.

Communicate and type from Home. Control and play with Sign Tools.

HOME · COMMUNICATE / TYPE

From Japanese Sign Language to Japanese text.

Turn recognized signs into hiragana or Japanese text, then copy and paste the result into other apps.

Home Recognizing

A character using a Japanese Sign Language sign for thank you

Sign toward the camera

Recognizing signs

Japanese text suggestionsありがとうCopy

ありがとうございますありがとう

Android · In developmentType using Japanese text suggestions.PocoFre Keyboard is currently in development.

SIGN TOOLS · CONTROL / PLAY

Use sign language to control digital tools.

Explore sign-language-driven experiences, from everyday tools to games.

View Sign Tools ↓

SIGN TOOLS

Featured Sign Tools

Use sign language in everyday tools, take on fingerspelling challenges, and discover new ways to play.
Here are a few of the Sign Tools available in PocoFre.

USE

Sign-Controlled Timer

Set a time and start the timer with a sign—handy when you’re cooking or when touching the screen isn’t convenient.

A Japanese fingerspelling game in which a character runs toward a star

CHALLENGE

Fingerspelling Word Runner

Spell each word with Japanese fingerspelling and challenge your speed and accuracy.

An aquarium that responds to Japanese signs and fingerspelling

DISCOVER

Sign Aquarium

Use Japanese signs or fingerspelling to interact with the aquarium and discover new sea creatures.

More Sign Tools are on the way.

SIGN RECOGNITION & HOW TO USE

Get started in three simple steps.

1
Choose
Select Home or a Sign Tool
2
Sign
Sign toward the camera
3
See the result
Check Japanese text suggestions or the tool's response

Starting with Japanese fingerspelling and a growing set of signs.

PocoFre currently recognizes Japanese fingerspelling and a limited but growing set of signs. It does not yet fully support regional, generational, or individual variations in signing.

We plan to gradually expand recognition by learning from sign-language data that users choose to contribute through Sign Tools.

Your sign-language data isn’t collected during normal use.

Simply using PocoFre’s regular sign recognition does not contribute your sign-language data. Data is collected only when you intentionally choose to contribute it through Sign Tools.

For sign recognition on Home, camera footage is processed entirely on your device and is never sent to an external server.

OUR VISION

A future where digital experiences can start with sign language.

Voice and text shouldn’t be the only ways into the digital world.
Sign language should be a natural starting point, too.

Communicate. Type. Control. Play.

PocoFre will keep expanding
what’s possible with sign language.

PRESS RELEASE

News for media and partners

Read about PocoFre’s development and planned launch in Japan.

Read the press release

DOWNLOAD

Bring sign language into
more of your digital life.

PocoFre is available for Android in Japan. The iOS version is coming soon.