Hands Up is a Startup company and it is the first sign language interpreting agency in Greece. It offers accessible services to deaf and hard of hearing people such as interpreting in sign language, lip-reading, news, information and entertainment through the new website: hands-up.org. Moreover, It advertises companies, organizations etc. through sign language, it also provides subtitling services, and it converts websites so that they will be accessible and friendly to deaf and hard of hearing users.
The foundation of HandsUp concurred with the recognition of the greek sign language as official language of Greece equal to the greek language. This is not just a pleasant coincidence, it reinforced even more the importance of this venture and it also demonstrates the need of the creation of a site such as the www.hand-up.org website.