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<body><div style="text-align: left;">Hi again Val & Everyone!<br></div><br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">> From: sutton@signwriting.org<br>> Subject: [sw-l] Vals report...ISWA, SW Literature, Skype, videophones<br>> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:41:52 -0700<br>> To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br>> <br>> SignWriting List<br>> June 24, 2007<br>> <br>> Hello Kelly Jo and Everyone!<br>> <br>> Thanks for this message...<br>> <br>> K.J. Boal wrote:<br>> > I haven't been doing much online lately, sorry I haven't kept you <br>> > updated! Yes, I did recently install Skype (can we set a time to <br>> > chat so I can see how it works sometime, Val?) and yes, I do own a <br>> > PocketPuddle. Thanks for the fix info, Adam!<br>> <br>> That's fine. I have been busy working on the ISWA symbols in June. <br>> The List has been quiet, so it is a good time for me to work on the <br>> ISWA. I completed all the white palms and all the white arrowheads. <br>> That was a BIG job that had been bugging me for a long time...a job <br>> that had not gotten done for over a year...maybe several years...but <br>> i finished that two days ago...Now I am starting to add the Ethiopian <br>> Handshapes that we need to write Ethiopian Sign Language...You can <br>> follow my progress a little on the web, as I post the new handshapes:<br>> <br>> SignWriting in Ethiopia<br>> http://www.signwriting.org/ethiopia<br>> <br>> It involves adding around 10 new handshapes, plus two others from <br>> Italian Sign Language. Then there are a few Movement Symbols that can <br>> be improved, with different sizes of Movement Arrows etc...and then <br>> the ISWA 1.0 will be posted on the web under the OFL License. I <br>> believe this work will take all summer behind the scenes and maybe by <br>> September the ISWA will be ready to be installed into existing <br>> software...<br>> <br>> And it is June and some people are traveling...I hope everyone is <br>> enjoying June!!<br>> <br>> I am glad you have Skype, Kelly Jo!<br>> <br>> I am going to try to be on Skype more often now if possible...As you <br>> know, my Skype name is: valeriesutton<br>> <br>> I experienced my first Skype video conference around 10 days ago with <br>> a research group in Europe. Both Steve and I were in the conference <br>> and it was an amazing experience...<br>> <br>> So maybe a group of you from SIL will want to meet with me?...or one <br>> at a time...doesn't matter!<br>> <br>> So to use Skype, just turn it on and try to call me...I will be on <br>> Skype Monday morning California time 9:00am to 11:00am.<br>> <br>It was great being able to chat with you just now, Val! I've checked more thoroughly and my computer definitely doesn't have a built-in microphone (though, obviously, it does have built-in speakers! <img src="http://gfx1.mail.live.com/mail/w1/ltr/../emoticons/smile_regular.gif">) so I'll have to get one separately. I think I have an older one sitting around somewhere at home, that I used to use for a tape recorder . . . but I won't be able to look for it until August. At least we have video! <img src="http://gfx1.mail.live.com/mail/w1/ltr/../emoticons/smile_wink.gif"><br><br>> <br>> ><br>> > I've been in North Dakota for two weeks now, taking the Literacy <br>> > Megacourse offered through SIL. I've been having some computer <br>> > problems (losing access privileges to my saved documents), so <br>> > between my schoolwork and trying to figure out how to fix that, <br>> > I've been pretty busy! Speaking of which, it's 10:30 here and I <br>> > still have one more reading assignment to do... just taking a short <br>> > break!<br>> <br>> <br>> Hope you are enjoying your course!<br>> <br>> Have you lost access privileges in SignPuddle 1.5? Or are talking <br>> about other software? If it is SignPuddle 1.5, let me try to help you <br>> with that...maybe on Skype you can explain to me what happened...<br>> <br>No, no, it has nothing to do with SignPuddle. It's not software I lose access to, just individual files and folders that I've saved onto the Desktop or into My Documents. PowerPoint, MS Word documents, PDFs and the Sleeping Beauty videos - I've lost access to all of them at one point or another (I was SO glad when the DVD arrived!!!). Once in a while I can get access back but only for short periods of time, so I just delete everything I'm concerned about. (Any of you computer people out there aware of a problem like this with XP? It happens whenever I drag-and-drop a file into another folder. All the computer tech here could think to do is wipe the hard drive and reinstall XP, but that's kind of drastic. It was a lot worse when I had MS Office installed, too; I would lose Word and PowerPoint documents even when I didn't move them. I've only lost one file since uninstalling Office - a PDF that I dragged into another folder. Any ideas?)<br><br>> <br>> > Looking forward to your comments when you get time, Val... I did go <br>> > in and fix up one of the earlier pages, but I haven't done all the <br>> > modifications Adam's suggested yet... is there going to be a <br>> > separate editing committee like the DAC, or is the List basically <br>> > going to be the editing committee?<br>> <br>> I am sorry I have not been able to participate until July, but it is <br>> my plan to devote the month of July to completing several documents, <br>> including Sleeping Beauty, the SignPuddle Reference Manual, Bible <br>> chapters and passages, Mother Goose Rhymes and so forth...<br><br>Oh, not a problem! I've been busy myself :-); I had just been wondering.<br> <br>> And thank you, to Adam, for all your wonderful support and feedback <br>> that you gave Kelly Jo and I have saved all your comments and <br>> messages to look at in detail when I start putting the document <br>> together into a true publication in July...<br>> <br>> I would love to have more DAC members read your work, Kelly Jo, and <br>> if Adam or Stuart or Philippe or Kevin have time in July, I will <br>> accept...What I plan to do is to really view Darline's video <br>> carefully and edit your work that way, of course always sharing with <br>> you any suggestions on the writing of the signs...Once I have the <br>> document in one piece...then I can submit the PDF to all of you for <br>> the final editing...so one way or the other it will get done by the <br>> end of July.<br><br>Sounds good!<br>> <br>> I have to submit a report to the Claire Giannini Fund by August 15th, <br>> showing Literature we have produced this year with their funding...I <br>> am grateful to all the writers this year...I hope to submit Sleeping <br>> Beauty, and Cherie Wren's collections of writings, and some Bible <br>> passages and so forth...<br>> <br>> ><br>> > Looking forward to hearing from you soon... I wasn't sure for a <br>> > while there whether the List was being blocked by the University's <br>> > firewall, but I guess people've just been busy. At least, I <br>> > haven't been getting many messages lately...<br>> <br>> Some people have written to me privately lately...and then people are <br>> away too...<br>> <br>> I am also spending more time on the phone now, because of Skype...and <br>> I have had several videophone conferences too...<br>> <br>> Sometimes I think we all need a little down time!<br>> <br>> So tomorrow morning (Monday morning) I will be on Skype from 9:00 to <br>> 11:00...Look forward to seeing or hearing from you there!<br>> <br>> <br>> Val ;-)<br>> <br>> <br>> Valerie Sutton<br>> Sutton@SignWriting.org<br>> <br>> 1. SignWriting<br>> Read & Write Sign Languages<br>> http://www.SignWriting.org<br>> <br>> 2. SignBank<br>> Create Sign Language Databases<br>> http://www.SignBank.org<br>> <br>> 3. SignPuddle<br>> Online Sign Language Community<br>> http://www.SignBank.org/signpuddle<br>> <br>> 4. SignWriting List<br>> Technical Support: Ask questions to the List<br>> http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/swlist<br>> <br>> 5. DanceWriting<br>> Read & Write Dance Movement<br>> http://www.DanceWriting.org<br>> <br>> 6. MovementWriting<br>> Read & Write All Body Movement<br>> http://www.MovementWriting.org<br>> <br>> 7. SymbolBank<br>> International Movement Writing Alphabet<br>> http://www.MovementWriting.org/symbolbank<br>> <br>> 8. Non-profit Organization<br>> Center for Sutton Movement Writing<br>> http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/sponsors<br>> <br>> SignWriting Literature Project<br>> The DAC, Deaf Action Committee<br>> Center For Sutton Movement Writing<br>> an educational nonprofit organization<br>> P.O. Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038, USA<br>> tel 858-456-0098 fax 858-456-0020<br>> D-Link Videophone: 66.27.57.178<br>> Skype Name: valeriesutton<br>> <br>> <br>> <br><br /><hr />Discover the new Windows Vista <a href='http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vista&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE' target='_new'>Learn more!</a></body>
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