The SignWriter Studio software
Jonathan y Yolaine
joyoduncan at GMAIL.COM
Tue Nov 25 00:47:20 UTC 2008
Hi all,
I want to let you know how my SignWriting software is coming along.
All the following is tentative and may change before the it's release.
All of your comments are welcome and appreciated.
The name of the software is The SignWriter Studio. It's a
continuation of a program I wrote a few years ago called that was for
grouping and printing lists of signs and pictures of what they were. It
was for my personal use to teach my deaf students, many of whom didn't
know any formal sign language, and also to help other expand their sign
vocabulary.
However that program had one big shortcoming. I couldn't find all
the vocabulary I needed to teach my students. By then I had started to
learn SignWriting I wrote some signs in SignText and added them as
pictures to lists of signs. But I decided that it would be best write
another program and include the features of this along with SignWriting.
Basically "The SignWriter Studio" is a multilanguaged glossed
dictionary. The Dictionary can hold SignWriting like the SignPuddle but
also pictures along with the signs. Any one sign can be glosses in any
number of languages and you can work with up to to glossing languages at
a time. The Signs can be searched by gloss or by symbol search. It has
it's own intuitive Sign Editor complete with favorite symbol list, hand
symbol search, keyboard or entry for pretty much everything. The
software also has a Document section where you can include signs from
the dictionary of pictures, or even create new signs. A GlosstoSign
form is being developed to gloss out a document. It also has it´s own
Image Editor for basic image editing. It can export and import both SBML
and SignText URLs. The SignList is for grouping signs and printing
them out to practice them. Also I am planning a SWQuiz as a game to
practice sign vocabulary.
I also loved the idea of writing a program that could change from
expressive to receptive and vice-versa. Also be able to animate the
signs and someday interface with an Avatar. But the only way of doing
this right was to write everything from the ground up. I also wanted to
write a program that would make SignWriting even easier for the beginner
and faster for the experienced user than it already is .
So I started writing a prototype program to get the ideas of how I
was going do this monumental task of writing a SignWriting editor.
Recently I started pulling all of the pieces together to create "The
SignWriter Studio". I plan on publishing a BETA version as soon is it is
ready so that you can all have a look at it. Meanwhile, any and all
suggestions are welcome either on the SignWriting List(sw-l) or directly
to me at duncanjonathan at yahoo.ca
Intended Features
*Main Feature* *Feature* *Status*
*GlosstoSign*
*
* Gloss to Sign Needs Work
*
* Phrase to Sign Not yet implemented
*
* Pass to Document Not yet implemented
*
* Insert Gloss Not yet implemented
*
* Change Gloss Not yet implemented
*
* Keyboard Shortcuts Not yet implemented
*
* Help Not yet implemented
*
* Globalized Not yet implemented
*ImageEditor*
*
* Crop Working
*
* Convert to Black and White Working
*
* Open/Save Image File Needs Work
*
* Eraser Working
*
* Resize Needs Work
*
* Contrast Not yet implemented
*
* Brightness Not yet implemented
*
* Undo/Redo Working
*
* Keyboard Shortcuts Not yet implemented
*
* Help Not yet implemented
*
* Globalized Not yet implemented
*Import Export*
*
* Import SBML Working
*
* Export SBML Working
*
* Import SignText URL Working
*
* Export SignText URL Working
*
* Import TheSignWriterStudio Not yet implemented
*
* Export ThSignWriterStudio Not yet implemented
*
* Choose Gloss Language Working
*
* Choose Dictionary Sign Language Working
*
* Keyboard Shortcuts Not yet implemented
*
* Help Not yet implemented
*
* Globalized Not yet implemented
*Options*
*
* Choose User Interface Language Working
*
* Choose User Interface Sign Language Working
*
* Choose First Gloss Language Working
*
* Choose Second Gloss Language Working
*
* Choose Dictionary Sign Language Working
*
* Keyboard Shortcuts Not yet implemented
*
* Help Not yet implemented
*
* Globalized Not yet implemented
*SignList*
*
* Add/Rename/Choose/Delete SignList Needs Work
*
* Add/Rename/Choose/Order/Delete SignList Sub Titles Working
*
* Add/Choose/Delete SignList Sub Title Signs from Dictionary Working
*
* Display Sign Working
*
* Mark Signs not in any previous Sub Title Working
*
* Print List Needs Work
*
* Print Preview Needs Work
*
* Export to Image File for Slide Show Not yet implemented
*
* Keyboard Shortcuts Not yet implemented
*
* Help Not yet implemented
*
* Globalized Not yet implemented
*SWDictionary*
*
* Search Bilingual Gloss Working
*
* Search Unilingual Gloss Working
*
* Add New Sign Working
*
* Duplicate Sign Working
*
* Edit SignWriting in SWEditor Working
*
* Edit Image in ImageEditor Working
*
* Import Working
*
* Export Working
*
* Copy/Paste SignWriting Not yet implemented
*
* Copy/Paste Picture of Sign Copy implemented
*
* Copy/Paste Photo Copy implemented
*
* Sign Definition In Future version
*
* Sign Example In Future version
*
* Sign Parts-of-Speech In Future version
*
* Sign Mnemonic In Future version
*
* Keyboard Shortcuts Not yet implemented
*
* Help Not yet implemented
*
* Globalized Not yet implemented
*SWDocument*
*
* Add/Edit SignWriting in SWEditor Working
*
* Add Sign from Dictionary Working
*
* Add/Edit Image in ImageEditor Working
*
* Add Image from File Working
*
* Remove Sign/Image Working
*
* Move Sign/Image Working
*
* Switch Sign Lanes Working
*
* Edit Gloss Not yet implemented
*
* Save Sign back to Dictionary Not yet implemented
*
* Symbol and Sign Gloss tool tip Working
*
* Save/Load Document Not yet implemented
*
* Import Working
*
* Export Working
*
* Print Not yet implemented
*
* Print Preview Not yet implemented
*
* Keyboard Shortcuts Not yet implemented
*
* Help Not yet implemented
*
* Globalized Not yet implemented
*SWEditor*
*
* Add/Remove/Choose Favorite Symbol Working
*
* Listing of all Symbol Groups Needs Work
*
* Hand Shape Search Working
*
* Add/Remove/Order Sequence Working
*
* Hand Shape Rotation/Fill Chooser Working
*
* Symbol Chooser Working
*
* Symbol Drag and Drop Working
*
* Multiple Symbol Selection Working
*
* Move Symbol Above/Below Working
*
* Duplicate Symbols Working
*
* Change Symbol size Working
*
* Change Symbol Color Working
*
* Change Background Color Working
*
* Copy Image of Sign Working
*
* Copy/Paste SignWriting Not yet implemented
*
* Add/Change Frames Working
*
* Undo/Redo Working
*
* Mouseless Writing Working
*
* Keyboard Shortcuts Working
*
* Help Not yet implemented
*
* Globalized Not yet implemented
*SWSearch*
*
* Exact Match Working
*
* Group Match Not yet implemented
*
* Fill Match Not yet implemented
*
* Rotation Match Not yet implemented
*
* Any Match Not yet implemented
*
* Synonym Symbol in other plane Working
*
* Sign Similarity Not yet implemented
*
* Keyboard Shortcuts Working
*
* Help Not yet implemented
*
* Globalized Not yet implemented
*SWQuizes*
*
* Multiple Choice SignWriting Not yet implemented
*
* Multiple Choice Gloss Not yet implemented
*
* Keyboard Shortcuts Not yet implemented
*
* Help Not yet implemented
*
* Globalized Not yet implemented
*SWAnimation*
*
* SignWriting to Animation Files In Future version
*
* Help In Future version
*
* Globalized In Future version
*SWAvatar*
*
* SignWriting to Avatar script In Future version
*
* Help In Future version
*
* Globalized In Future version
*SWReceptive* Expresive to Receptive In Future version
Operating systems
Win98, XP, Vista.
Requires .Net framework 2.0 or higher.
Possible future version for Linux.
Jonathan
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