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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Your computer must be very
fast</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I can slow down but in my computer it is
normal</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> You wish a special animation ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Augusto</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=stefanwoehrmann@GEBAERDENSCHRIFT.DE
href="mailto:stefanwoehrmann@GEBAERDENSCHRIFT.DE">Stefan Wöhrmann</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu
href="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 05, 2005 11:51
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> AW: [sw-l] Computer Applications
for SignWriting</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I like this animation
– <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">can you slow down it
– it schanges too fast – at least for us old people – (smile)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Stefan ;-))
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Von:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <A
href="mailto:owner-sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">owner-<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</A></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"><A
href="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</A></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></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear Valerie and SW
list,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
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></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=4><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></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Pedro
AUGUSTO marques</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
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></DIV>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.dicionariolibras.com.br"><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">www.dicionariolibras.com.br</SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A
title=sutton@signwriting.org href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">Valerie
Sutton</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A
title=sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu
href="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sent:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
Wednesday, May 04, 2005 7:55 PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Subject:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Re:
[sw-l] Computer Applications for
SignWriting<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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><BR>----------------------------<BR><BR>Augusto
from Brazil wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><?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><?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR><?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><?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt">
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR><?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><?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR><?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><?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller> this is a
very very very good software for practise SW. It´s 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><?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>anaother sign
language.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>Visit my site
everyday I put a different animation for teaching
SW.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt">
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>LOOK<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt">
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller>Augusto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt">
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR><?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><?/x-tad-smaller><?/color><?/smaller></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR> <BR> <BR> -----------------------------------------------------<BR> <BR>-----
Original Message -----<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><?x-tad-smaller><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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> <BR><?/x-tad-smaller><B><?x-tad-smaller><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN><?/x-tad-smaller></B><?x-tad-smaller> <?/x-tad-smaller><?color><?param 0000,0000,EEED><?x-tad-smaller>SIGNWRITING
List<?/x-tad-smaller><?/color><?x-tad-smaller> <BR><?/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><?/x-tad-smaller><BR>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><BR><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
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