1891 Interpreter.
The interpreting-agency platform built by the community it serves. Scheduling, interpreter app, billing — all in one place, all readable by hearing and Deaf staff alike, all running on infrastructure a small agency can actually afford.
Free, forever, for Deaf-owned agencies.
The platform is funded by the rest of 1891's work. Deaf-owned interpreting agencies use it at no cost, with no platform fee on bookings, no per-seat charge, no upsell. That isn't a launch promotion — it's the operating model.
What it does.
- Scheduling that respects request shape. Bookings come in via email, VP, text, or web form. The dispatcher sees the same queue regardless. Interpreters get matched against skill, certification, geography, and the consumer's stated preference — not just first-available.
- An interpreter app that works in the elevator. Today's assignments, tomorrow's offers, mileage notes, a one-tap "running late." Designed for the five seconds you have between assignments, on the device you actually carry.
- Billing that closes the same week. Time-and-materials at the rate the contract says. Auto-generated invoices the agency can review and send Friday. Reimbursements to interpreters Monday. No spreadsheet drift, no surprise audit.
Where we are.
Q2 2026 · Build (scheduling core, dispatcher console, interpreter PWA)
Q3 2026 · First agency pilot · billing module enters preview
Q4 2026 · Second and third agency pilots · public availability for Deaf-owned agencies
See the in-progress site.
The full Interpreter site lives at /interpreter/ — the for-agencies page, pricing, the customer pages, the changelog. Drop a name on any page there and we'll add your agency to the pilot list.
ThinkASL
The grammar of fingerspelling — lexicalized and initialized signs, practiced by watching a clip and fingerspelling it back into your own laptop camera.
Pull up a chair
At a lot of tables, one person never gets the joke; this is about building the table back into one table.
Dinner Table
Live captions of the whole conversation, color-coded by speaker, on every screen at the table — consent-gated, captions on by default, made for the gathering instead of a screen to hide behind.