<DIV>Hello Steven, and list.</DIV>
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<DIV>Your new Movement Writer alpha release is very interesting.</DIV>
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<DIV>It's certainly compact and could be put into a palm pilot for quick entry. I'm a little confused on how to choose a given character and end it, but the one feature I like is that once a character is in the display square, you can move any character around with the mouse rather than having to choose horizontal and vertical numbers, which takes a LOT of time in the current Sign Puddle. I could see how one could become quite proficient with a mouse, or a stylus, or keyboarding.</DIV>
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<DIV>I understood the inference of "place this character in this quadrant", but I didn't get how to generate a movement arrow without a lot of hunting and pecking. </DIV>
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<DIV>The fact that this is totally without English is actually kind of fun. I certainly wouldn't mind having it in my computer, if I could save the stuff into a dictionary.</DIV>
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<DIV>This is my quick experiment for ASL "why". </DIV>
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<DIV><IMG src="http://www.oculog.net/mw/image.php?build=01-05-011-01-01-09,70,5,04-02-001-01-01-01,20,20,01-06-013-01-01-01,70,37,02-05-001-01-01-05,94,19," border=1><BR><BR><B><I>Stephen Slevinski <slevin@PUDL.INFO></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hi List,<BR><BR>I need some feedback. I have a new application that I'm working on. It's<BR>called Movement Writer, written in Javascript.<BR><BR>It uses the IMWA and supports keyboard entry along with the mouse.<BR><BR>I never learned to type with SignWriter, so I made up my own system of<BR>typing. Only the US keyboard is currently supported, but I can support any<BR>keyboard if you are willing to give me a few minutes of your time. I will<BR>also be able to support subsets of the IMWA when they are defined.<BR><BR>http://www.oculog.net/mw/movementwriter.html<BR><BR>Opening the page, you'll notice two 3x3 grids. One for the left hand and<BR>one for the right hand. The hand position is the same as touch typing. The<BR>left index finger is placed on the "F" and the right index finger is placed<BR>on the "J". The pinky is not used for typing. The middle fingers represent<BR>th!
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for each grid. If you are familiar with using a number pad, the<BR>idea is the same.<BR><BR>It takes up to 5 keystrokes to select each symbol. After the symbol is<BR>selected, the symbol must be placed. The arrows represent the direction of<BR>placement in the sign box. The first arrow selection is a gross placement:<BR>top, bottom, left, or right. The middle key can also be used to represent<BR>the center. The second arrow selection is a fine placement. Try is a few<BR>times and you should get the hang of it.<BR><BR>After the symbols are placed in the sign box, you can use drag and drop to<BR>move the symbols around.<BR><BR>This is just a proof of concept. I will be adding some of this<BR>functionality to Sign Puddle.<BR><BR>Movement Writer does have several limitation. Only one sign can be created<BR>at a time and it can not be saved. Some handshapes have more than 16<BR>variations; only the first 16 can currently be selected.<BR><BR>If anyone is feeling adventurous, I'd !
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feedback.<BR><BR>Thanks for your time,<BR>-Stephen Slevinski<BR>www.oculog.net<BR><BR><BR><BR>---<BR>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR>Version: 6.0.757 / Virus Database: 507 - Release Date: 9/9/2004<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>