<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I have to agree with you. Both Val and Steve have done a lot for us and billions of people now and many more to come. Words of gratitude are not enough. </div><div><br></div><div>Adam<br><br>On Oct 21, 2008, at 10:36 PM, "mohammed abushaira" <<a href="mailto:m_abushaira@yahoo.com">m_abushaira@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;">Hello Val & Steve</div> <pre><span style=""> </span>Great done. I wish you very happy life with your creative <tt>ISWA 2008.and god blesses you for these long years of hard continuously work ><o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>In fact words can not give what you deserve because you deserve more.<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>You'll be mention as great people who come to this planet and when he left it he left a sign , effect !<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>Thanks <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><tt><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Mohamed <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span></tt><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> <img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/01.gif"></span></span><br><br><b><i><a href="mailto:sw-l-request@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">sw-l-request@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</a></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Send SW-L mailing list submissions to<br> <a href="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu"><a href="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</a></a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a href="http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/sw-l"><a href="http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/sw-l">http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/sw-l</a></a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a href="mailto:sw-l-request@majordomo.valenciacc.edu"><a href="mailto:sw-l-request@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">sw-l-request@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</a></a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a href="mailto:sw-l-owner@majordomo.valenciacc.edu"><a href="mailto:sw-l-owner@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">sw-l-owner@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</a></a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of SW-L digest..."<br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: ISWA 2008 Final & the PersonalPuddle (Valerie Sutton)<br> 2. ANNOUNCING A NEW PUDDLE PRODUCT! (Valerie Sutton)<br>From: "Valerie Sutton" <<a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</a>><br>To:
"SignWriting List" <<a href="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</a>><br>Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:13:26 -0700<br>Subject: Re: [sw-l] ISWA 2008 Final & the PersonalPuddle<br><br> SignWriting List<br>October 21, 2008<br><br>Hello SignWriting List!<br><br>And thank you Steve, for your message below. Thank you for the kind <br>words. And thank you for collaborating with me, to make this historic <br>moment possible.<br><br>There are two big announcements today.<br><br>FIRST...The International SignWriting Alphabet (ISWA 2008) is official!<br><br>The ISWA became the official symbolset for SignWriting around the <br>world, yesterday, October 20, 2008!<br><br>The ISWA is now installed in all SignPuddle software products. I will <br>be reviewing all the SignPuddle products here on the SignWriting List <br>over the next few days...<br><br>The free online version of SignPuddle is used daily by hundreds of <br>sign language users.<br><br>When you use SignPuddle Online, you are using
the ISWA 2008 symbols:<br><br>SignPuddle Online<br><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle">http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle</a><br><br>Most of you may not realize that you are using the ISWA, but you are. <br>Whenever you use SignPuddle Online, it is there for you, in SignMaker <br>and SignText.<br><br>The ISWA is the culmination of my 35 years developing SignWriting. As <br>you know, the first SignWriting document ever written was in 1974 at <br>the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. SignWriting became my life's <br>work from that moment on, and will be for the rest of my life.<br><br>Without all of the wonderful SignWriting users around the world, of <br>course SignWriting could not be what it is today....so THANK YOU to <br>all of you, for your feedback and your use of the writing <br>system...Your input has made the ISWA 2008 possible too.<br><br>I hope my gift of the ISWA to the world will be useful for generations <br>to come...<br><br>I will announce the second announcement next message...it is
new <br>software for your desktop, called the PersonalPuddle.<br><br>Thank you once again, Steve, for your remarkable software that made <br>the ISWA 2008 official!<br><br>Val ;-)<br><br>Valerie Sutton<br>Sutton@SignWriting.org<br><br>---------------<br><br><br>On Oct 21, 2008, at 8:33 AM, Steve Slevinski wrote:<br><br>> Hi list,<br>><br>> The review period for the ISWA 2008 ended successfully yesterday. <br>> Valerie will be announcing that the ISWA is final, as in finally <br>> done and finished. There has been a lot of work on this latest <br>> symbol set. I'm proud of the work that we've done together.<br>><br>> This could be the final symbol set for SignWriting. If not forever, <br>> then at least the next few years. With the new character encoding <br>> model, this may be the symbol set that will be used with Unicode, <br>> but that's a different story.<br>><br>> SignPuddle Online already uses the ISWA 2008. Just
last week I <br>> finished a new desktop version of the PocketPuddle called the <br>> PersonalPuddle for Windows and Mac. The installation has been <br>> greatly simplified: just unzip and start the application. It works <br>> the same as SignPuddle Online, except it doesn't require an Internet <br>> connection. With the new SignPuddle export function, it is possible <br>> to get a local copy of any of the online puddles to use offline at <br>> any time.<br>><br>> The PersonalPuddle is available for $100, the same price as the <br>> PocketPuddle. Except for the rest of this month, the price has been <br>> cut in half to $50 to celebrate the release of the ISWA 2008 Final.<br>><br>> For the PocketPuddle users, they will be offered the PersonalPuddle <br>> at not cost. They can contact me directly if they would like help <br>> converting their existing IMWA data over to the ISWA.<br>><br>> I am finishing the
IMWA Conversion document and code. It will be <br>> ready in the next couple of days.<br>><br>> Let's all congratulate Valerie on her amazing work. This is a <br>> historic day and I'm glad I was a part.<br>><br>> Regards,<br>> -Steve<br><br>From: "Valerie Sutton" <sutton@signwriting.org><br>To: "SignWriting List" <sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu><br>Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:31:00 -0700<br>Subject: [sw-l] ANNOUNCING A NEW PUDDLE PRODUCT!<br><br> SignWriting List<br>October 21, 2008<br><br>NEW SPECIAL FEATURE on SignWriting.org!<br><br>Go to:<br>http://www.SignWriting.org<br><br><br>ANNOUNCING A NEW PUDDLE PRODUCT<br><br>The PersonalPuddle: SignPuddle Desktop Software<br>Write Sign Languages in SignWriting<br>...directly on your computer desktop...<br>...with or without an internet connection...<br><br>For Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger & 10.5 Leopard.<br>For Windows 95 through Vista.<br>Linux version possible.<br><br>You can download the
software directly, or request a CD Package sent <br>through postal mail.<br><br>SPECIAL OFFER: In celebration of the new International SignWriting <br>Alphabet (ISWA 2008), which became the official SignWriting symbolset <br>on October 20th, 2008, we are offering the new PersonalPuddle software <br>for half price! This special celebration discount will only last until <br>November 1, 2008....To order, go to the SignWriting Shop: http://www.SignWriting.org/shop<br><br>Questions? Post your questions to the List... ENJOY!! Steve and <br>Val ;-)<br><br><br>____________________________________________<br><br>SW-L SignWriting List<br><br>Post Message<br>SW-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br><br>List Archives and Help<br>http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/<br><br>Change Email Settings<br>http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/sw-l<br></blockquote><br><p>
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