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Hi Steve,<br>
Thank you for filling me on this information. <br>
Which of the two programs in your opinion has the most users?
SignWriter DOS or SignWriter Java? Which created the most documents? <br>
So if I understand correctly SignWriter DOS still has SSS-95
symbols.and SignWriter Tiger has SSS-99. <br>
Do you know what kind of format SignWriter Tiger is using? Is it a
binary file too?<br>
<br>
Do you know if there is source code for SignWriter DOS? If it's
available, it would be a lot easier to figure out how to read the
binary file. What language was that programmed in anyway? C? <br>
<br>
So I guess if we were to read the SignWriter DOS files to convert to
BSW or a XML format to be used with other programs, we would need to
first figure out how to read the files and then write a conversion
algorithm from S-95 to ISWA2010. Going the other way would be counter
productive because SSS-95 is a much more limited symbol set and a lot
of symbols in ISWA 2010 do not have a corresponding symbol in SSS-95.<br>
<br>
Jonathan<br>
On 10/13/2010 11:08 AM, Steve Slevinski wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4CB5E78E.8080804@signpuddle.net" type="cite"> The
SignWriter keyboarding style is great. There is a steep learning curve
that is worth the effort to learn. There are multiple layers of fine
tuning that went into the SignWriter keyboard design over the years.
Valerie and Richard Gleaves spent years improving the flow using a
detailed symbol editor that controlled the default behaviors for
centering and cursor controls. Different symbols needed different
information that had to be manually created.
<br>
<br>
Unfortunately, SignWriter Dos uses dense binary files to store and
retrieve information. There was a tool released to convert SignWriter
Dos SSS-95 binary files to SignWriter Java SSS-99 data files.
<br>
<br>
I believe SignWriter skipped SSS-2002. I think SW-Edit uses the
SSS-2002.
<br>
<br>
I started using the SSS-2004 symbol set, which became known as the
IMWA.
<br>
<br>
The conversion between the IMWA and the ISWA 2008 is about 99.99%
accurate. Some symbols are slightly off center.
<br>
<br>
The conversion between the ISWA 2008 and the ISWA 2010 is flawless.
<br>
<br>
Keyboarding should return. Eventually, we'll need to create an
advanced symbol editor for the ISWA 2010 so that we can capture and
process specialized symbol information for keyboarding. This will fine
tune the keyboarding experience and improve a writer's speed and
accuracy.
<br>
<br>
Regards,
<br>
-Steve
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