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<DIV><SPAN class=584440420-13102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Val,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=584440420-13102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If the
Flemish dictionary can dump image files, we could have a Sign Puddle dictionary
right now.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=584440420-13102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Otherwise, we are using different symbol sets (sss-1999 vs 222-2004) and
conversion is a problem.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=584440420-13102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>-Stephen</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
owner-sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu
[mailto:owner-sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Valerie
Sutton<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 13, 2004 3:25 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR><B>Cc:</B> Braem Bart; Aerts Steven;
Slevinski Stephen<BR><B>Subject:</B> [sw-l] WoordenBoek and Sign Puddle
coordination...a question...<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>SignWriting List<BR>October
13, 2004<BR><BR>Kathleen Heylen wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>thank you very much! I will
show it to my pupils :o)<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><BR><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>I'm not
planning on filling this dictionary because there is a Flemish Sign Language
dictionary availible on the internet:
<?color><?param 0000,0000,EEEE>http://ugent.gebaren.be<?/color><?/smaller><?/fontfamily><BR><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>But
i doubt if it is in English too.<?/smaller><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>But i will try to motivate my students
to participate in this dictionary building ;o)<?/smaller><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>Greetz Kathleen<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Hello Everyone,
Kathleen and Stephen!<BR>Thank you, for the idea of a new Sign Puddle for
Flemish Sign Language...That would give the Deaf students some new features,
like adding their own signs to the web dictionary, and sending email written
in Flemish Sign Language....<BR><BR>The Flemish Sign Language students are
doubly lucky, because they also have their own WoordenBoek program on the web,
developed by Flemish programmers Steven Aerts and Bart Braem...You can read
about the Flemish dictionary on these web
pages..<BR><BR>WoordenBoek<BR>http://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/archive/softarc09.html<BR><BR>WoordenBoek<BR>http://gebaren.ugent.be/<BR><BR>WoordenBoek<BR>http://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/lisbon/lisbon07.html<BR><BR>They
have over 6000 Flemish signs on the web, and can automatically convert
SignWriter DOS dictionaries (.dic and .din files)...and there is a second
dictionary for ASL with 3000 signs on the web...plus they can search by
handshape and contact symbols...<BR><BR>So here is my question to the
programmers....since WoordenBoek and SignPuddle both are using a form of SWML,
and since Woordenboek can convert SignWriter DOS dictionaries, could
SignPuddle then read the WoordenBoek sign-entries, bringing the signs into a
SignPuddle dictionary, which indirectly would be a way to convert SignWriter
DOS dictionaries to SignPuddle? smile....ha!<BR><BR>Val
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