Avatar is a new SignCaption feature that transforms audio, video, text, subtitles, or documents into signed ASL content using AI-generated signing avatars or human interpreters. It’s designed to help creators, educators, businesses, and Deaf-centered teams make their content more accessible, expressive, and easier to understand through sign language translation.

Unlike traditional captioning workflows, the Avatar feature builds directly on top of SignCaption’s existing subtitle editor. This means your content is first converted into editable subtitles and timing segments, then transformed into signed ASL output through a guided rendering workflow. The goal is to make the process simple, flexible, and scalable — whether you’re translating a short social clip, educational lesson, presentation, or long-form media project.

The Avatar feature supports multiple content types including:

Once uploaded, SignCaption automatically processes your content, extracts subtitles or speech, and prepares everything inside the editor for review before rendering into ASL.

After logging into SignCaption, navigate to the dashboard and locate the Avatar card inside the Quick Actions section.

The Avatar card allows you to begin a new ASL translation project directly from the dashboard. You can upload:

Click Upload to begin creating a new Avatar project.

After clicking Upload, the Avatar upload modal will appear.

You can:

Supported file types include:

Once selected, click Submit to begin processing your project. During upload and processing, SignCaption may automatically:

Processing time depends on file size and complexity. Your project will automatically appear in your dashboard once ready.

Once processing completes, your project opens inside the SignCaption editor.

Inside the editor:

Click the Avatar tab in the right panel to begin configuring your ASL rendering settings.

The Avatar feature works from the subtitle layer generated during upload. Before continuing, carefully review your subtitles for:

Accurate subtitles are important because the ASL generation process relies directly on this text.

The Avatar allows you to generate signing avatars automatically using AI.

Inside the Signer Type section, choose:

AI-generated avatars are designed for faster turnaround times and lower cost, while human interpreter workflows are designed for higher-touch signing projects.

When AI Generated is selected, it displays avatar preview options that allow you to choose your preferred signing appearance before rendering.

This helps tailor the experience depending on:

Before submitting your project, the Avatar feature provides:

Pricing may vary depending on:

The system is designed to provide clear expectations before payment and rendering begin.

Once fulfilled, the Avatar feature supports multiple output modes including:

Users can preview and download their preferred render format directly from the editor.

Before submitting your Avatar order:

Once submitted, selections may become locked during rendering and production.

While the Avatar job is processing:

Users can return later while processing continues in the background.

The Avatar feature is part of SignCaption’s broader vision of building accessibility-first, but engagement-driven communication tools for sign language media. Rather than treating accessibility as a static compliance feature, Avatar aims to make signed content easier to create, scale, share, and integrate into modern creator workflows.

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