I have the book for si5s and have discussed some with Adrean Clark who wrote the book. Since I am interested in writing sign languages in general, I figured I might as well find out more about their system.<div><br></div><div>
One major difference between si5s and SignWriting is that si5s is not interested in being able to record all the details of the signing. Where SignWriting can be used to be as detailed or as simple as you want, si5s is intended to be as minimal as possible (or so I understand). In some cases, you may not be able to be as specific with si5s as you can with SignWriting. That&#39;s an intentional design decision. New symbols are added only if it is absolutely necessary to be readable. At least, that is how I understand the approach.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Valerie Sutton <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]" target="_blank"><a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind1303%26L%3DSW-L%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D1152688%26B%3D--bcaec54eea7016a87404d6e1ed2e%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3Dwindows-1252" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">SignWriting List<div>February 21, 2013</div><div><br></div><div>Hello Bill and everyone -</div><div><br></div><div>Yes, the article below had an interesting diagram showing the sign for HOUSE written in several systems, including SignWriting, Stokoe, ASLphabet (never heard of this one), SignFont and Si5S… surprisingly they did not mention HamNoSys!</div>
<div><br></div><div>Here is the diagram from that article:</div><div><a href="http://allthingslinguistic.tumblr.com/post/43351572497/signwriting-in-asl" target="_blank">http://allthingslinguistic.tumblr.com/post/43351572497/signwriting-in-asl</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img height="112" width="500" src="/cgi-bin/wa?A3=ind1303&L=SW-L&E=base64&P=1157452&B=--bcaec54eea7016a87504d6e1ed2f&T=image%2Fjpg;%20name=%22tumblr_inline_mic9rykl171qz4rgp.jpg%22&N=tumblr_inline_mic9rykl171qz4rgp.jpg"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I think this is a fascinating diagram - eh? ;-))</div><div><br></div>
<div>regarding your questions about Si5S …I do not know too much about it. Adam Frost can tell you more than I can. I have never heard of the middle one called ASLphabet - have you heard of that one, Bill?</div><div><br></div>
<div>Val ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>----------</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 21, 2013, at 9:27 AM, Bill Reese &lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]" target="_blank"><a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind1303%26L%3DSW-L%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D1152688%26B%3D--bcaec54eea7016a87404d6e1ed2e%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3Dwindows-1252" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt; wrote:</div>
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    <div>In reading that post, I noticed
      something called si5s, which I&#39;ve never seen before.  I would like
      to study it more - but to do so I&#39;d need to buy the book.   That
      makes me wonder... Is it just a commercial venture or a valid
      attempt to write ASL in a simplified manner?<br>
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      Bill<br>
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