Raanan Liebermann is the president of Signtel, a company in North Haven, Connecticut specializing in the research and development of products designed to be used by deaf and blind people. Raanan Liebermann grew the company from a startup to the size of over 200 employees. He is the inventor of a concept-based communication tactile language called Touch Language. Tactile signing languages have been around for a long time, but they weren’t officially compiled until the 19th century. In 1832, Samuel Bridgeley Howe opened the first chartered school for the blind where he educated deafblind individuals in several fields including how to communicate by signing. Today, tactile signing is a common way of sight and hearing-challenged people to communicate and several methods exist based on various sign languages. Tactile signing isn’t tied to any specific sign language, but rather only describes the mode of communication. Touch Language is designed to be used with electronic gloves that convert text and images to a specialized tactile form of vibrations and pecking on the hands and fingers. However, the most added uniqueness of Touch Language is the fact that Touch Language does not have a vocabulary or grammar and is solely based on concepts. Such innovation overcomes the problem existing in various "dialects" of Sign Languages, such as ASL, ESL, or BSL and makes Touch Language a true universal language.
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