ISWA 2008 Final & the PersonalPuddle

[Jonathan]

Hi Steve and Val,
    A belated congratulations on the ISWA 2008 and all the hard work.  
Many have already shared their feelings about this great piece of work.  
I too share their feelings and may it be used by generations to come 
world wide. 

Jonathan

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
>
>
>
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