<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>SignWriting List</DIV><DIV>April 11, 2006</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>Honza from the Czech Republic wrote:<DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>I haven't been writing to list for a long while.</DIV><DIV>This time we are working on new IT sign dictionary for University.</DIV><DIV>We need some software allows writing signs as Signpuddle online and searching signs by handshape etc.</DIV><DIV>I downloaded Signpuddle US but it doesn't seem to me, to have all features we need.</DIV><DIV>I thouhgt, It was possible to download soft for Signpuddle online in the past.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>------------------------</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>Hi Honza,</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>You can download SignText and the contents of the SignPuddle dictionaries, but not the SignPuddle code.</DIV><DIV>If you are interested in running your own SignPuddle Server, you should talk with Val privately.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>Regards,</DIV><DIV>-Steve</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>-------------------------</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hello Everyone and Honza, and Steve!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Great to get email from the Czech Republic once more, Honza...Thanks for your question above. And yes, Steve is right, there are two....well actually three... ways to use SignPuddle and SignText:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B>1. Free Online on the Web (as always ;-)</B></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>SignPuddle and SignText</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.SignBank.org/signpuddle">http://www.SignBank.org/signpuddle</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV><B>2. Download SignText for a Single Computer</B></DIV><DIV>This is a free version for individual computers.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Download SignText and Reference Manual</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/index.html#SignTextEditor">http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/index.html#SignTextEditor</A> </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B>3. Private SignPuddle Server </B><B>for a Private Computer Network</B></DIV><DIV>Research or publishing groups pay a one-time fee for the source code, to setup a private SignPuddle Server for their private computer network. The one-time fee includes one full year of technical support from Steve Slevinski, the developer of SignPuddle and also a year technical support from Valerie Sutton who can teach the group how to use SignWriting, how to use the software, and how to prepare SignWriting publications.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>So Honza, I believe your group at the University would benefit from number 3 above, but it takes time for us to talk about this, so for right now, perhaps you can try number 2 above, personally, and let me teach you how to use the new SignText on your own private computer....</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Write again when you have downloaded SignText (number 2 above)...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>And talk to your University about a Private SignPuddle Server...perhaps they have funding for their project?....I look forward to talking with them...They can write to me at my email address below...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Val ;-)</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:Sutton@SignWriting.org">Sutton@SignWriting.org</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>