<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<DIV>October 19, 2005</DIV><BR><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Marian Dumitra from the Philippines wrote:<SPAN style=""></SPAN><DIV><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">It is my privileged to write to you all. My name is Marian Dumitra the husband of Nana Dumitra which all you know her form the list.<FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Many time I read your letters and some time enjoy it. But now I come to you to ask for help. maybe sound crazy but I want to try.<FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">...</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">I install SignBank in my computer. I want to use it but I can't. In SW dos we can't save de dictionary. now all our computer are updated with XP. I want to be able to save the dictionary this is my 4th time to write again the dictionary. I decided to try again with Sign bank.<FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">What can I do to create the Philippines dictionary in Sign Bank and to put signs inside. I try everything what I was thinking but I failed.<FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Please my knowledge about computer are very basic. </SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="GramE"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">that</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> mean you have to write at the level 1 gra</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">d</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">e computer class. Not coll</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">e</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">ge computer class<FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Thank you very much for your help.<FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">May the Lord bless you<FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Marian Dumitra</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV class="Section1"><DIV></DIV></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hello Marian, Nana and Everyone!</DIV><DIV>Happy to meet you through email, Marian. And thanks for this question about using SignBank.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>SignBank does not work in DOS. It is a program designed for modern operating systems. Here are the operating systems it works in:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000 or XP</DIV><DIV>Macintosh OS 9 and Macintosh OS X</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>This means that SignBank is not able to automatically load old dictionary files from SignWriter DOS. The two programs are not compatible.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>SignBank works with SignPuddle on the web.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>We use SignPuddle to create the signs, that are then easily transferred into SignBank.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>So Nana's SignPuddle dictionary can be used in SignBank, but not the SignWriter DOS dictionary...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Do you want to learn how to add SignPuddle signs into SignBank?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Val ;-)</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>