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Enjoy! On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:39 AM, Gerard Meijssen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hoi, > enjoy and well deserved !! > Thanks, > Gerard > > > On 2 September 2014 05:48, Valerie Sutton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> SignWriting List >> September 1st, 2014 >> >> Hello everyone! >> There are so many great projects. I truly appreciate everyone’s energy >> and enthusiasm. >> >> I never took any time off after the Symposium. In fact the weeks directly >> after the Symposium were more stressful for me... >> >> So I need a break. I am going to try to take a week off if I can…I work >> out of my home, and I take care of my parents in our home, so I cannot >> leave, but at least I can rest - >> >> There are so many new projects, I am concerned that you will think that I >> have forgotten you - Not at all - I hope others will jump in and give you >> the support you need. >> >> Here are some developments... >> >> >> 1. Claudia - Your presentation is captioned! Many thanks to Nancy Romero >> for the transcript, and to Adam Frost for the captioning. You can view your >> presentation captioned here: >> >> Presentation 1 >> http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0001.html >> >> —— >> >> 2. Most of the Slide presentations at our Symposium are now uploaded onto >> our SlideShare account. I still need to upload a few more, but you might >> enjoy visiting our SlideShare account: >> >> SignWriting for Sign Languages on SlideShare >> http://www.slideshare.net/SignWriting/presentations >> >> This provides your slides with a viewer on your Presentation web pages, >> and later we can use SlideShare as a part of the next Symposium. >> >> ------- >> >> 3. Yair - I hope to give you more feedback when I return next week - I >> worked for a decade on Keyboard designs - 17 country keyboards for >> fingerspelling and for the spoken language alphabets of each country which >> I manually prepared…each fingerspelling keyboard is exact on these web >> pages, relating to the way the keyboards work in each country…in SignWriter >> DOS... >> >> Go here to see the mappings: >> >> http://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/fingkeys/fkey001.html >> >> http://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/fingkeys/fkey032.html >> >> http://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/fingkeys/fkey044.html >> >> there are lots more pages because there were lots more countries… >> >> Maybe you could download DOSBox and install SignWriter DOS inside DOSBox >> and start typing with it to see how we did things - >> >> One thing you will need is a way to finish the writing of a sign with >> your new typing device…in SignWriter DOS we use the Space Bar to move on to >> the next sign - Does your typewriter use the Space Bar to move to the next >> sign vertically? the program needs to make it clear when a sign is done, >> because otherwise it can become like a run-on sentence with an unending >> very long sign - >> >> And fingerspelling is typed down when we write vertically - I am sure you >> know this already …. >> >> And last, did you know that we have Fingerspelling TrueType fonts by >> Michael Everson? They are really good: >> >> Download TrueType Fingerspelling Fonts >> http://www.signwriting.org/catalog/sw214.html >> >> but they only type left to right and they are not FSW… >> >> and then Steve has given us the Fingerspeller feature in SignPuddle now… >> which is FSW ;-) >> >> >> ——— >> >> >> 4. Maria and Fabrizio - regarding your software that will transcribe sign >> language videos into SignWriting… It will be very valuable for the world. >> Although it is good that you know in advance the issues surrounding >> Receptive and Expressive, on the other hand, I hope that will not deter >> you, because if you really could get a program to write even the very >> basics of just hands and movements - that alone will be a useful tool…and >> could possibly cut the video transcription time in half for transcribers…so >> please go ahead with the Receptive if need be, because that is only >> practical for automatic transcription I would assume... >> >> Have a great week everyone - many blessings - >> >> Val ;-) >> ________________________________________________ >> >> SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION >> >> Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator [log in to unmask] >> >> Post Messages to the SignWriting List: [log in to unmask] >> >> SignWriting List Archives & Home Page >> http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist >> >> Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages >> http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1 >> >> > ________________________________________________ > > SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION > > Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator [log in to unmask] > > Post Messages to the SignWriting List: [log in to unmask] > > SignWriting List Archives & Home Page > http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist > > Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages > http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1 > > -- Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology Oberlin College ________________________________________________ SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator [log in to unmask] Post Messages to the SignWriting List: [log in to unmask] SignWriting List Archives & Home Page http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1