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Hi Val and Steve,<br>
I had a quick look at the ISWA and the pages showing the Base Group
Symbols and the Base Symbols. I am very impressed at how well the ISWA
symbols are organized. They are even all pre-colorized!!! WOW!!! I
want to thank you both for all of your hard and making SignWriting
possible.<br>
I don't have a PHP server installed on my computer at this time so
I haven´t given SWIS a whirl but I was wondering if you have any test
documents online yet. If so could you send a link?<br>
<br>
Thanks very much<br>
<br>
Jonathan Duncan<br>
<br>
Valerie Sutton wrote:
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type="cite">SignWriting List
<div>May 2, 2008</div>
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<div>CONGRATULATIONS, Steve, on this remarkable software development.
We are SO fortunate to have this opportunity for new and improved
software in 2008! Thank you for your unending hard work and creative
solutions.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I feel very fortunate, because without your specially-designed
testing software which you have provided for me behind the scenes, I
would not be able to develop the symbols of the International
SignWriting Alphabet (ISWA) so easily. It is just amazing for me to be
able to test the new symbols, so that we are sure that old documents
will automatically convert to the new symbols when they are installed
into the new SignPuddle...really a great experience for me all
around...and exciting to see the conversion before my eyes as I test
the symbols.</div>
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<div>So everyone, as you can see by Steve's schedule mentioned below,
Steve and I are working together to ensure that you will be able to
start using the new ISWA 2008 seamlessly...without having to re-write
anything...when the ISWA is installed into SignPuddle.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>And the MediaWiki Plugin, which Steve mentions below, will make
it possible for us to write Wikipedia-style encyclopedia articles in
the Sign Languages of the world, writing and posting articles directly
in SignWriting symbols....This will start a series of new projects,
that will continue for years to come. Writing an encyclopedia in ASL
for example, both online and in book form, will be an important project
that will provide educational materials for schools and employment for
signwriters...</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>So there is much to be thankful for...</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thanks again, Steve!</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Val ;-)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>-----------------</div>
<div><br>
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<div><br>
<div>
<div>On May 2, 2008, at 6:59 AM, Steve Slevinski wrote:</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">Hi List,<br>
<br>
I'm happy to announce the beta version of the SignWriting Image Server:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/swis">http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/swis</a><br>
<br>
This is an open source project for web servers that creates SignWriting
images. The code in licensed under the GPL v3. The SignWriting font
for the ISWA 2008 is licensed under the Open Font License. The main
SWIS document is licensed under Creative Commons (by-sa).<br>
<br>
The SignWriting Image Server does not create the content for web pages;
it displays the content that has already been created. Once I update
SignPuddle for the ISWA 2008, it will use SWIS and be able to generate
SWIS ready content. After that, I'll be working on the open source
SignText plug-in that will also use SWIS.<br>
<br>
You can download the project. It requires a web server with PHP and
the GD graphics library. The download is 11 MB and contains over 33
thousand files.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/swis.zip">http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/swis.zip</a><br>
<br>
I'm expecting to have the Release Candidate 1 ready by the end of the
month. I should have the ISWA version of SignPuddle ready to test by
that time. Val and I have been working on a conversion routine from
the IMWA to the ISWA that is currently 99.9% accurate.<br>
<br>
I'm excited for the open standards. We will have a MediaWiki plugin
sometime this summer. What fun!<br>
<br>
Regard,<br>
-Steve<br>
<br>
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