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Hi folks, I'm new to the community. I became interested in learning sign language early this year, and discovered Sign Writing through some web searches. Recently, I also became interested in learning about mobile application development, and SignWriting seemed like a great way to store a large ASL dictionary offline (so I can get it on the subway and without downloading a large video or something) and SignPuddle's export made it possible to start with a large database of signs. This is still not-even-alpha software -- lots of bugs, and debugging data exposed, but for those of you with Android phones you should be able to install this .apk file: http://skyb.us/static/signlanguage/downloads/SkySigns.apk (Follow these instructions: http://www.androidcentral.com/allow-app-installs-unknown-sources and then visit the above link from your phone. After install, read the About page first.) Right now, it's just a dictionary with look-up, but I hope eventually to add reverse-lookup, a sign composer (so people can add to the dictionary easily), and support for arbitrary dictionaries (via spml files?). I'd also like to open-source license it, but because I'd like this app to be available on the android and iphone markets, I need to figure out what the best license is for such things (since they're pretty antagonistic toward open-source apps). In the meantime, this is also just a hello. SignWriting was really easy to learn, and the infrastructure that all of you have built is amazing. cheers, Schuyler