Bi-directional? Multi-directional? Why Inclusive Tech Can’t Be One-Way. 🔁

We often talk about tools like “Sign to Audio” or “Text to Sign” as if they’re standalone solutions.

But in real life, especially in Deaf/hearing spaces, communication isn’t one-way.

✅ It’s not just bi-directional (back and forth)...

🧭 It’s multi-directional: people signing, speaking, and texting sometimes all at once.

That’s why I believe the future of inclusive communication tech should look more like a modular system, not isolated tools.

Something like:

🔁 Sign to Audio

🔁 Audio to Sign

🔁 Text to Sign

🔁 Sign to Text

We shouldn’t have to choose a single “pathway.”

Instead, let’s build access by design, where users choose how they want to communicate — in real time, across contexts, and on their terms.

I’m not coding the tech, but I’m deeply invested in the conversation.

If you’re working in this space — as a Deaf person, CODA, interpreter, technologist, or ally — I’d love to hear your thoughts.

💬 What would a truly multi-modal, multi-directional communication system look like to you?

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