Measured now
Every claim on this page traces to a locked, dated artifact.Research terms
A controlled demonstration—not educational or interpreting service.
Sign First is a working research platform. It is not a substitute for an interpreter, educator, emergency service, clinical judgment, or independently verified academic answer.
14 / Use boundary
The demonstration is provided to inspect the product concept, controls, and evidence limitations.
Claim control
A working route proves only what it actually did.
Use the boundary selector to separate a demonstrable capability from the larger educational, interpreting, safety, or deployment claim it cannot support.Available to inspect
What this state supports
- Camera and bounded recognition paths
- Signer repair and confirmation
- Confirmed-text AI routing
- Visible answer-assurance states
What it does not establish
- Universal ASL translation
- Interpreter replacement
- Student readiness
- Educational effectiveness
Action at this boundaryA stakeholder may inspect the technical workflow and its disclosed evidence limits.
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Recognition
Candidates may be wrong or incomplete.
Users must review and confirm meaning. The current recognizers are not represented as reliable for direct student use.
02
AI responses
Language-model output may be incorrect.
Answer checks reduce some risks but do not guarantee factual correctness, relevance, or suitability.
03
Authorization
No real-student use is authorized by this public site.
Any real deployment requires separate agreements, privacy review, governance, accessibility, and outcome validation.
From controlled demo to a larger claim
A boundary expands only with evidence.
A working route is not an interpreting service, educational outcome, or deployment approval. Each of those claims needs its own authority and independent proof.Governed next
New evidence enters only through consent, provenance, and revocation gates.Evidence required
Larger claims wait for independent, Deaf-governed evaluation.Continue exploring