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SignWriting List
October 21, 2008

Hello Mohamed and Adam!
I opened my email box this morning, to find such amazing messages from  
so many good friends. My heart is filled with gratitude...

THANK YOU to you all!

Mohamed - THANK YOU for expressing these words below...which touched  
me deeply. Your writing of Saudi Arabian and Jordanian Sign Languages,  
and your gift of important research in Deaf Education is contributing  
to the success of SignWriting...giving us proof that it is a real  
writing system that has value for Deaf students...Your research has  
come just at a time when it is greatly needed, and congratulations on  
accomplishing this. We are so blessed to have met you and to continue  
to work with you...

And Adam - THANK YOU for your skilled writing of ASL, the editing of  
Cat in the Hat and other documents, the signing and writing of your  
own articles in ASL like "Why SignWriting?", your animated GIFs of  
handshapes and palm facing, which are so terrific, and your support of  
using SignWriting in the Deaf Community at a time when it was not that  
popular...Your web site is also a first, including SignWriting  
throughout...You help us sooo much everyday...

So you can see that the ISWA could not exist without this kind of team  
work...

I will print your messages and read them when I need to remember how  
blessed we are!

Val ;-)

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On Oct 21, 2008, at 11:08 PM, Adam Frost wrote:

> I have to agree with you. Both Val and Steve have done a lot for us  
> and billions of people now and many more to come. Words of gratitude  
> are not enough.
>
> Adam
>
> On Oct 21, 2008, at 10:36 PM, "mohammed abushaira" <m_abushaira at yahoo.com 
> > wrote:
>
>> Hello Val & Steve
>>  Great done. I wish you very happy life with your creative ISWA  
>> 2008.and god blesses you for these long years of hard continuously  
>> work >
>> In fact words can not give what you deserve because you deserve more.
>> You'll be mention as great people who come to this planet and when  
>> he left it he left a sign , effect !
>> Thanks
>> Mohamed
>>
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>> 1. Re: ISWA 2008 Final & the PersonalPuddle (Valerie Sutton)
>> 2. ANNOUNCING A NEW PUDDLE PRODUCT! (Valerie Sutton)
>> From: "Valerie Sutton" <sutton at signwriting.org>
>> To: "SignWriting List" <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
>> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:13:26 -0700
>> Subject: Re: [sw-l] ISWA 2008 Final & the PersonalPuddle
>>
>> SignWriting List
>> October 21, 2008
>>
>> Hello SignWriting List!
>>
>> And thank you Steve, for your message below. Thank you for the kind
>> words. And thank you for collaborating with me, to make this historic
>> moment possible.
>>
>> There are two big announcements today.
>>
>> FIRST...The International SignWriting Alphabet (ISWA 2008) is  
>> official!
>>
>> The ISWA became the official symbolset for SignWriting around the
>> world, yesterday, October 20, 2008!
>>
>> The ISWA is now installed in all SignPuddle software products. I will
>> be reviewing all the SignPuddle products here on the SignWriting List
>> over the next few days...
>>
>> The free online version of SignPuddle is used daily by hundreds of
>> sign language users.
>>
>> When you use SignPuddle Online, you are using the ISWA 2008 symbols:
>>
>> SignPuddle Online
>> http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle
>>
>> Most of you may not realize that you are using the ISWA, but you are.
>> Whenever you use SignPuddle Online, it is there for you, in SignMaker
>> and SignText.
>>
>> The ISWA is the culmination of my 35 years developing SignWriting. As
>> you know, the first SignWriting document ever written was in 1974 at
>> the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. SignWriting became my life's
>> work from that moment on, and will be for the rest of my life.
>>
>> Without all of the wonderful SignWriting users around the world, of
>> course SignWriting could not be what it is today....so THANK YOU to
>> all of you, for your feedback and your use of the writing
>> system...Your input has made the ISWA 2008 possible too.
>>
>> I hope my gift of the ISWA to the world will be useful for  
>> generations
>> to come...
>>
>> I will announce the second announcement next message...it is new
>> software for your desktop, called the PersonalPuddle.
>>
>> Thank you once again, Steve, for your remarkable software that made
>> the ISWA 2008 official!
>>
>> Val ;-)
>>
>> Valerie Sutton
>> Sutton at SignWriting.org
>>
>> ---------------
>>
>>
>> On Oct 21, 2008, at 8:33 AM, Steve Slevinski wrote:
>>
>> > Hi list,
>> >
>> > The review period for the ISWA 2008 ended successfully yesterday.
>> > Valerie will be announcing that the ISWA is final, as in finally
>> > done and finished. There has been a lot of work on this latest
>> > symbol set. I'm proud of the work that we've done together.
>> >
>> > This could be the final symbol set for SignWriting. If not forever,
>> > then at least the next few years. With the new character encoding
>> > model, this may be the symbol set that will be used with Unicode,
>> > but that's a different story.
>> >
>> > SignPuddle Online already uses the ISWA 2008. Just last week I
>> > finished a new desktop version of the PocketPuddle called the
>> > PersonalPuddle for Windows and Mac. The installation has been
>> > greatly simplified: just unzip and start the application. It works
>> > the same as SignPuddle Online, except it doesn't require an  
>> Internet
>> > connection. With the new SignPuddle export function, it is possible
>> > to get a local copy of any of the online puddles to use offline at
>> > any time.
>> >
>> > The PersonalPuddle is available for $100, the same price as the
>> > PocketPuddle. Except for the rest of this month, the price has been
>> > cut in half to $50 to celebrate the release of the ISWA 2008 Final.
>> >
>> > For the PocketPuddle users, they will be offered the PersonalPuddle
>> > at not cost. They can contact me directly if they would like help
>> > converting their existing IMWA data over to the ISWA.
>> >
>> > I am finishing the IMWA Conversion document and code. It will be
>> > ready in the next couple of days.
>> >
>> > Let's all congratulate Valerie on her amazing work. This is a
>> > historic day and I'm glad I was a part.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > -Steve
>>
>> From: "Valerie Sutton" <sutton at signwriting.org>
>> To: "SignWriting List" <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
>> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:31:00 -0700
>> Subject: [sw-l] ANNOUNCING A NEW PUDDLE PRODUCT!
>>
>> SignWriting List
>> October 21, 2008
>>
>> NEW SPECIAL FEATURE on SignWriting.org!
>>
>> Go to:
>> http://www.SignWriting.org
>>
>>
>> ANNOUNCING A NEW PUDDLE PRODUCT
>>
>> The PersonalPuddle: SignPuddle Desktop Software
>> Write Sign Languages in SignWriting
>> ...directly on your computer desktop...
>> ...with or without an internet connection...
>>
>> For Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger & 10.5 Leopard.
>> For Windows 95 through Vista.
>> Linux version possible.
>>
>> You can download the software directly, or request a CD Package sent
>> through postal mail.
>>
>> SPECIAL OFFER: In celebration of the new International SignWriting
>> Alphabet (ISWA 2008), which became the official SignWriting symbolset
>> on October 20th, 2008, we are offering the new PersonalPuddle  
>> software
>> for half price! This special celebration discount will only last  
>> until
>> November 1, 2008....To order, go to the SignWriting Shop: http://www.SignWriting.org/shop
>>
>> Questions? Post your questions to the List... ENJOY!! Steve and
>> Val ;-)
>>
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