Human connection.
Through touch.
RHEMA is an innovative tactile communication platform designed to help people experience spoken language through the sense of touch. By transforming speech into structured tactile patterns, RHEMA creates new opportunities for learning, accessibility and communication.
Unlike traditional assistive technologies that simply convert sound into vibration, RHEMA introduces a carefully developed tactile language. Each touch pattern is designed to represent elements of spoken language, allowing users to learn, recognise and eventually understand language through touch.
The RHEMA platform has applications in education, accessibility, healthcare, research and human-computer interaction. It is intended to support people with hearing loss while opening new possibilities for language learning and multisensory communication.
Our Mission
Our mission is to make language more accessible by creating technology that enables people to experience speech in entirely new ways.
RHEMA combines research in tactile perception, language, engineering and software to develop practical solutions that are intuitive, scalable and inclusive.
We believe communication should not be limited by a single sense.
The Technology
The RHEMA ecosystem brings together several technologies that work seamlessly together.
- Wearable tactile devices
- Intelligent touch-pattern generation
- Mobile applications
- Learning platforms
- Research tools
- Future AI-assisted communication systems
Together these components create an expandable platform capable of supporting education, rehabilitation and everyday communication.
Research Driven Innovation
RHEMA has been developed through years of research into tactile language, human perception and communication.
Every stage of development has focused on creating meaningful touch patterns that are consistent, learnable and practical for real-world use.
Research continues to refine the system while expanding its applications into new fields.
Looking Forward
RHEMA is more than a single product.
It is a growing platform designed to support future generations of wearable devices, educational systems, research projects and communication technologies.
As development continues, new products, learning resources and partnerships will extend the reach of tactile language across education, healthcare and accessibility worldwide.
Driven by Research.
Focused on Impact.
RHEMA was founded to explore how advances in tactile communication, speech technology and wearable systems can contribute to more accessible ways of sharing information.
Samuel Martyn James
Author of the published work “Tactile Phonetics and Digital Impressions to Assist the Hearing and Visual Impaired”, Samuel’s work focuses on translating research in tactile communication into practical wearable technology.
Mission
Develop practical tactile communication technologies that promote accessibility, independence and inclusion.
Vision
Create a wearable platform that enables structured tactile language for communication, education and assistive technology.
Current Focus
- Wearable tactile interface
- Speech-to-touch translation
- AI-assisted language processing
- Accessibility research
- Research collaborations