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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>can you slow down it – it
schanges too fast – at least for us old people – (smile) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Stefan ;-)) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> owner-<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</st1:PersonName> [mailto:owner-<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</st1:PersonName>] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Im Auftrag von </span></b>Augusto<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Gesendet:</span></b> Donnerstag, 5. Mai 2005
01:46<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>An:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Betreff:</span></b> Re: [sw-l] Computer
Applications for SignWriting</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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Thank you for your words VAL. I am translating and
finishing the software. Give-me a couple of days.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Arial'> May you
VAL or anybody of the list help to indicate what is the
exactly sign of each movement of the eyes in the attach animation</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
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AUGUSTO marques</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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href="mailto:augusto@dicionariolibras.com.br"><font size=4><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'>augusto@dicionariolibras.com.br</span></font></a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" title="sutton@signwriting.org">Valerie
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu"
title="sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Wednesday, May 04,
2005 7:55 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Re: [sw-l]
Computer Applications for SignWriting<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>SignWriting List<br>
May 4, 2005<br>
<br>
Dear SW List, and Augusto!<br>
Everyday there seems to be new software or some new development regarding
SignWriting in computers. And Augusto's new software is an example of the
creativity that is happening all over the world...I had so much fun looking at
your site, Augusto...thank you for this!!<br>
<br>
Everyone...if you go to Augusto's link below...and then scroll down his web
page...as you go down, you will find animation of SignWriting facial
expressions, animation of shoulder and hip movement symbols...and animation of
a person doing a sign that contains a Brush symbol, doing a Rub symbol...in
other words, the animated figure shows what the movement symbol means...it is
really quite exciting and I can see this will be valuable...Congrats, Augusto!<br>
<br>
Your program and also Sandy's SignPoster are two programs that I look forward
to studying more soon...<br>
<br>
Meanwhile, Augusto, what is the name of your program? I can see you are calling
it LIBRAS-SIGNWRITING, but actually your software is not just for LIBRAS...it
is for any signed language...so does it have a name that is more
general?....like SignWritingTutor, or SignConverter, or SignWritngAnimator or
whatever...it needs a generic name for listing it...and the name has to be
unique and not used by another program...<br>
<br>
So give me the official names for your programs...Many thanks!<br>
<br>
Val ;-)<br>
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Augusto from Brazil wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>I did a software
CONVERSOR LIBRAS-SIGNWRITING that I am improving in this
moment.But is for download in <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<?smaller><?x-tad-smaller><?/x-tad-smaller><?color><?param 0000,0000,EEED><?x-tad-smaller>www.dicionariolibras.com.br<?/x-tad-smaller><?/color><?x-tad-smaller> >>
DOWNLOADS >> APLICATIVOS EDUCACIONAIS E AFINS >> CONVERSOR
LIBRAS-SIGNWRITING <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>with this software allow to write in portugues
and the software translate for SW in seconds.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>There are another software tha i am waiting for
"feed-back" <?/x-tad-smaller><?color><?param 0000,0000,EEED><?x-tad-smaller>www.dicionariolibras.com.br<?/x-tad-smaller><?/color><?x-tad-smaller>
>>>DOWNLOADS >>> APLICATIVOS EDUCACIONAIS E AFINS >>
PRATIQUE SIGNWRITING<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<?smaller><?x-tad-smaller> this is a very very very good software for
practise SW. Itīs for Libras but is very easy to pass for another
sign language. If someone wish i can to configure for<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>anaother sign language.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>Visit my site everyday I put a different animation
for teaching SW.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>LOOK<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<?smaller><?x-tad-smaller><?/x-tad-smaller><?color><?param 0000,0000,EEED><?x-tad-smaller>augusto@dicionariolibras.com.br<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font><?/x-tad-smaller></b><?x-tad-smaller>
<?/x-tad-smaller><?color><?param 0000,0000,EEED><?x-tad-smaller>Valerie Sutton<?/x-tad-smaller><?/color><?x-tad-smaller>
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<?/x-tad-smaller><?color><?param 0000,0000,EEED><?x-tad-smaller>SIGNWRITING List<?/x-tad-smaller><?/color><?x-tad-smaller>
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<?/x-tad-smaller><b><?x-tad-smaller><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span><?/x-tad-smaller></b><?x-tad-smaller>
<?/x-tad-smaller><?color><?param 0000,0000,EEED><?x-tad-smaller>Pennacchi
Barbara<?/x-tad-smaller><?/color><?x-tad-smaller> <br>
<?/x-tad-smaller><b><?x-tad-smaller><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span><?/x-tad-smaller></b><?x-tad-smaller>
Monday, May 02, 2005 11:25 PM<br>
<?/x-tad-smaller><b><?x-tad-smaller><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span><?/x-tad-smaller></b><?x-tad-smaller>
[sw-l] Computer Applications for SignWriting<br>
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SignWriting List<br>
May 2, 2005<br>
<br>
Dear SW List:<br>
I am writing a grant for new software development and I need to summarize all
of our past and current software programs. I know there are some I have
forgotten...Can you think of some other programs? Like recently, from Brazil, I
know there is new software? Please write to tell us, so I can list it
here...and if you find mistakes below, I would love to know...many thanks! Val
;-)<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>----------------------------</span></b><br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Computer Applications for SignWriting</span></b><br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SignWriter for Apple //e and //c (1986-1988):
</span></b>The original SignWriting computer program was written for the Apple
//e and //c computers by Richard Gleaves, one of the developers of Apple
Pascal, Modula 2 computer language.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SignWriter DOS for MS-DOS (1988-today): </span></b>SignWriter
for the Apple //c was ported over to MS-DOS in 1988. SignWriter DOS is still
used today around the world on older computers running Windows 98 or ME. It
does not run on Windows NT, 2000 or XP. To solve this problem, newer versions
of SignWriter are under development. SignWriter is the first
Sign-Language-Processing program in history, providing the ability to create
long typed documents in the movements of signs. It also provides extensive
Word-to-Sign dictionary features.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SignWriter Java (1999-Today): </span></b>SignWriter
DOS could not be ported over to the new Java computer language back in 1996, so
it was re-written from the ground up in Java, but due to financial reasons,
SignWriter Java could never be completed. Even so, it can be downloaded for
free on the Internet anyway, and many people use it, because it can be used on
modern operating systems, such as Mac OS X and all Windows operating systems.
It will be replaced by SignWriter Tiger (see below), which is also a form of
Java, in 2005.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SignWriter Tiger (2005 beta): </span></b>The
SignWriter Java program is being re-built again, this time by German-Swiss Deaf
programmer Daniel Noelpp. It is scheduled for beta testing in May 2005. Daniel
is programming in the newest version of Java, named Tiger. Hence, SignWriter
Tiger will fix and improve the old 1999 program, plus add new features.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SignWriter Python (2005 beta): </span></b>SignWriter
is also being re-written in the new Python computer language, by German
programmer Lars Majewski, at the request of SignWriting teacher Stefan
Woehrmann. Already, the old SignWriter DOS files can be viewed in any operating
system, using the new SignWriter Python Document and Dictionary Viewer.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SW-Edit (2000-Today): </span></b>Created in
Brazil by Rafael Piccin Torchelsen & Professor Antonio Carlos da Rocha
Costa for the SIGN-Net Project in 2000, the SW-Edit program is an editing tool
for SignWriting. Drag and drop the symbols into an editing box. This creates
signs in SWML.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SWML (1999 to Today): </span></b>There are four
forms of SWML, the SignWriting Markup Language in the world: <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>SWML-UCPel</span></b>: the original SWML Formats, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>SWML-D</span></b>: for the Flemish Online Dictionary, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>SWML-S</span></b>: for SignPuddle Online Dictionaries,
and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SWDB</span></b>: for UCPel Linguistic
SignWriting Database.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SignWriting TrueType Fonts (2000-Today): </span></b>There
are three families of TrueType fonts with SignWriting symbols: The Sutton Fonts
are Fingerspelling Fonts for 18 different countries, the Woehrmann Fonts
include commonly-used signs in German Sign Language (DGS), and the Parkhurst
Fonts were used to create the textbooks on SignWriting written in Spain, by
Steve and Dianne Parkhurst, including their well-known book SignoEscritura. The
symbols in the Parkhurst Fonts are specific to writing the Spanish Sign
Language dialect of Madrid.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The Flemish Sign Language Dictionary on the
web (2004 to Today)</span></b> can be searched by words or by sign-symbols.
Converts SignWriter DOS dictionary files automatically. Search for over 6,000
Flemish signs. An important feature is the ability to search for signs by
handshape and/or contact symbols. This creates a two-way bilingual dictionary.
Signs are created with SWML.<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> VSigns</span></b>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>(2004 to Today)</span></b> from Greece.
Synthesis of Virtual Reality Animations from SWML using MPEG-4 Body Animation
Parameters… Find a sign. Read it in SignWriting. Then click on an animated
figure and see the sign move. VSigns generates VRML animation sequences from
SignWriting, based on MPEG-4 Body Animation. The SignWriting of each sign is
provided as input and is initially converted to SWML (SignWriting Markup
Language).<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sign WebMessage (2004 to Today)</span></b>
from Brazil. SWM is a web-tool that enables communication either in Portuguese
or in Brazilian Sign Language (Libras). In the messages, the signs can be
written in SignWriting in Libras and, optionally, their meaning in Portuguese.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SignPoster (2005 beta)</span></b> from Great
Britain. Programmer Sandy Fleming is developing a way to touch type SignWriting
symbols, using a limited symbol set for one sign language.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SignWriting in Unicode</span></b> is a
project in discussion, at the Summer Institute of Linguistics, directed by
Albert Bickford in Arizona, with the guidance of Unicode expert Michael
Everson, in Dubin, Ireland. The project is on hold until funding can be found.
It will take several years to create a Unicode for SignWriting, which will
expand SignWriting’s use in other programs.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SignBank 2002-2004 Database Software in
FileMaker Pro 5.0-6.0</span></b> from USA, by Valerie Sutton and Todd Duell.
This groundbreaking multi-lingual database was designed to publish large
SignWriting dictionaries sorted by Sign-Symbol-Sequence (the SSS), and provides
the full SymbolBank, with all symbols in the entire SignWriting system. The
International Movement Writing Alphabet (the IMWA) is every symbol for writing
body movement and can be searched and studied through SignBank 2004. SignBank
2004 also provides Deaf children with illustrated dictionaries, and researchers
a place to store their video clips and foreign signs. Sophisticated linguistic
searches make it possible to find all the signs with the same handshape, or all
the signs with the same combination of symbols, or all the signs with the exact
SignSpelling…and several other search routines. New search routines can be
created on the fly. The SignSpelling database is the first in history to give
editors the chance to establish the sorting routines for their Sign-to-Word
multi-lingual dictionaries. There are 20 print formats, and a special
linguistic area for adding definitions written in Sign Language, and a place to
add animated SignWriting for children.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SignPuddle 2004-2005: </span></b>Stephen
Slevinski has brought SignWriting to the web with a series of web-based
programs designed for the everyday use. These programs include <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>SignMail,</span></b> for sending email in SignWriting,
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SignTranslate</span></b>, for translating
spoken language glosses to signs, and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SignMaker</span></b>,
a way to create new SignWriting signs on the web by dragging and dropping
symbols into a SignBox, and then saving them to the online SignPuddle
dictionary. One can use the new signs immediately in email or in SignWriting
documents, created by another program, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SignText.
</span></b>Dictionaries can be edited by editors who are invited to review
dictionary entries. And Slevinski is currently working on another related
program called <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>SignType</span></b>, which
will allow SignMaker to work with keyboard strokes as well as with a mouse.<o:p></o:p></p>
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