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<DIV>1) Avatars may have a default beginning setting, this one seems to have one, but that default setting is not the start point of each sign. Each sign has a beginning and an end. With this avatar, all signs start at the waist, not at the natural beginning of each sign.</DIV>
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<DIV>2) Some orientations seemed to have been viewed backward. This may be because of a misunderstanding of avatars and expressive signwriting. The one sign I can rememer is understand. The palm facing is toward the writer, not away from the writer. The avatar signs away from the writer.</DIV>
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<DIV>3) Unsure which fingerspelling system is being used. A sign that says AUD is apparently AVD, which may be some other fingerspellings outfit, but not ASL. </DIV>
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<DIV>4) The sign translated "ASL" reads as "RV" in ASL, so I'm not sure which signed language is being produced. </DIV>
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<DIV>Charles<BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Kate <kcagiso@GMAIL.COM><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wed, April 21, 2010 1:35:48 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: Need your help - can you view this video?<BR></FONT><BR>works very well...
<DIV>I use Safari!</DIV>
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<DIV>Kate<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Ingvild Roald <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:iroald@hotmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:iroald@hotmail.com">iroald@hotmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>I can see the video clearly<BR><BR>Ingvild <BR><BR><BR> <BR>> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:59:40 -0700<BR>> From: <A href="mailto:sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG">sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG</A>
<DIV class=im><BR>> Subject: Need your help - can you view this video?<BR></DIV>
<DIV class=im>> To: <A href="mailto:SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU">SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU</A><BR>> <BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=h5>> SignWriting List<BR>> April 20, 2010<BR>> <BR>> Hello Everyone!<BR>> <BR>> I need your help. Can you view the video from YouTube that I just posted on the front page of our web site?:<BR>> <BR>> Go to:<BR>> <BR>> SignWriting Site<BR>> http://www.SignWriting.org<BR>> <BR>> This is the first time I have ever embedded a video from YouTube on a web page, and it is in Flash, or SWF I guess...<BR>> <BR>> I have never posted a video in Flash before, and DreamWeaver, the program I use to do web design, keeps telling me that I have to do several things to make it visible on the new Internet Explorer...and I am having problems...it shows up on my Mac, but I am concerned maybe it will not be visible on a PC?<BR>> <BR>> Does anyone use the latest version of Internet Explorer on Windows? Because the Mac no longer uses Internet Explorer and I have no way to test it...<BR>> <BR>> The video is
wonderful! A Deaf man, named Ed, from Michigan, who attends the Deaf Church that Pastor Ron Dettloff directs, explains in ASL that he was born Deaf and that he learned a little SignWriting but still needs to learn more, and then he reads out loud in ASL from the book written in SignWriting...He does a great job and it is a good video - Thank you, Ed and Ron, for doing this for us, and giving us permission to post...<BR>> <BR>> Thanks for your feedback, everyone!<BR>> <BR>> Val ;-)<BR>> <BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>