Aslized

What Aslized does

ASLized is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2011 and incorporated in June 2012, headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. Its stated mission is to preserve, protect, and promote American Sign Language (ASL) through educational research and visual media, serving the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, ASL educators and researchers, and ASL learners.

Name

Aslized

Legal name

ASLized!

Website

https://aslized.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ASLized is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that preserves and promotes American Sign Language through video-based publishing. It operates the free ASLized Library, the ASLChoice videobook platform, and the peer-reviewed Journal of American Sign Languages and Literatures (JASLL).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sign Language Education

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Sign Language Learning Programs (ASL/BSL, etc.) (EDAMAFAM)

Keywords

• Sign language education
• ASL video publishing
• Deaf community resources
• Videobook platform
• Peer-reviewed ASL journal

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulder

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: ASLized operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization accepting donations. Proceeds from donations are directed to Deaf People of Color signers for their contributions to American Sign Languages and Literatures.
2. Product Sales: Sales of ASL-themed products such as playing cards, previously sold out through the organization's website and available at Gallaudet University Bookstore.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ASLized is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that produces and distributes authentic American Sign Language resources through a freely accessible digital library of community-produced videos, ASLized Originals, and glossary content. The organization operates the ASLChoice videobook publishing platform for ASL textbook conversions and publishes the Journal of American Sign Languages and Literatures (JASLL), a video-based peer-reviewed academic journal.

Product overview

ASLized is a nonprofit organization (501(c)(3) since June 2012) that innovates and produces authentic resources in American Sign Language with a commitment to linguistics, literature, and education. The core product is the ASLized Library, a freely accessible digital collection comprising community assets, ASLized Originals, and glossary videos of linguistic terms. Supporting products include ASLChoice (a videobook publishing platform), the Journal of American Sign Languages and Literatures (a video-based peer-reviewed journal), and Signily (a retired mobile keyboard app). The organization also produced ASL-themed playing cards featuring Deaf individuals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ASLChoice: American Sign Language (ASL) publishing center for videobooks where authors convert textbooks into videobooks for academic study of ASL.
• JASLL
• Signily

Segments3 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Gallaudet University BookstoreminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGallaudet University Bookstore in Washington, DC serves as a retail distribution point for ASLized playing cards, offering physical purchase options for the educational card products when sold out online.
• Journal of American Sign Languages and Literatures (JASLL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJASLL is a video-based peer-reviewed journal operated by ASLized that provides a permanent home for ASL publications in video format, enabling scholars to share research in signed language.
• ASLChoicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASLChoice is an ASL publishing center for videobooks, operated as an ASLized innovation that enables authors to convert textbooks into videobooks for ASL education.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Start ASL: Start ASL is an online platform offering structured ASL courses, lessons, and learning materials for students learning American Sign Language. It targets the same ASL learner segment as ASLized's library and educational products.
• Signing Savvy: Signing Savvy is an online ASL dictionary and learning resource offering sign videos, vocabulary lessons, and educational tools. It directly competes with ASLized's library and learning offerings by providing accessible ASL content to learners and educators.
• Lingvano: Lingvano is a mobile sign language learning application offering interactive ASL lessons with feedback from AI and human tutors. It directly competes with ASLized's educational products targeting ASL learners, though with a paid subscription model rather than free access.
• Lifeprint: Lifeprint is an ASL educational website founded by William Vicars providing free ASL lessons, dictionaries, and instructional videos. It directly competes with ASLized Library as a freely accessible resource for ASL learners and educators.
• The ASL App: The ASL App is a mobile ASL learning application offering conversational ASL lessons taught by deaf signers. It overlaps with ASLized as an ASL educational product targeting learners and complements the JASLL/ASLChoice publishing platforms.
• HandSpeak: HandSpeak is an ASL dictionary and educational resource featuring video demonstrations of signs, linguistic information, and learning materials. It serves ASL learners and educators similarly to ASLized with freely accessible ASL content.

Broad incumbents

• Gallaudet University: Gallaudet University is the premier institution for deaf and hard-of-hearing education in the United States, also operating the bookstore where ASLized playing cards are distributed. It is a broad incumbent in ASL education, research, and cultural preservation that ASLized partners with and partially overlaps with in mission.
• DCMP: The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) provides accessible educational media for deaf and hard-of-hearing students including videos with captioning and description. It is a broad incumbent in accessible educational content overlapping with ASLized's library distribution mission.
• VL2 at Gallaudet: The Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2) research center at Gallaudet University focuses on bilingual education and research related to ASL and English literacy. It is a broad incumbent in ASL academic research that overlaps with ASLized's JASLL publishing mission.

Others

• National Association of the Deaf: The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is a civil rights organization advocating for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. While not directly competing in educational content, NAD shares the broader ASL preservation and accessibility mission that ASLized serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCj1iLCGbgH6KuVt3F5F3XZQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/ASLized
• Instagraminstagram.com/aslized
• Xx.com/ASLized
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aslized

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Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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