Deaf-founded startup POCOPO develops PocoFre, an app that turns Japanese Sign Language into text input and controls

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Saitama-based POCOPO LLC, led by Deaf founder Naoya Okamoto, is developing PocoFre, a free Android and iOS app that recognizes Japanese fingerspelling and some JSL signs, turns them into Japanese text, and lets users run timers and games by signing.

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