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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00 size=6 face=Arial>Hi Steve and
everyone,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=6 face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00 size=6 face=Arial> I tried to
click on Search by Symbols. The background is black and the square is
white. I cannot see any symbols or sign images.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=6 face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00 size=6 face=Arial>
Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=6 face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00 size=6 face=Arial>
André</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=slevin@SIGNPUDDLE.NET href="mailto:slevin@SIGNPUDDLE.NET">Steve
Slevinski</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU
href="mailto:SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU">SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 12, 2011 12:00
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Advanced searching for symbols
and their approximate locations</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi list,<BR><BR>I've added a new feature to SignPuddle:
advanced symbol searching. It is flexible and it is fast. It
searches both individual signs and sign texts. There are 5 new possible
searches you can perform: 4 available for sign entries, and a separate custom
search.<BR><BR>The four sign entry
searches<BR>------------------------<BR>==Search Location - Exact==<BR>Find
signs that are exactly the same. Same symbols, same exact
position. <BR><BR>==Search Location - Approximate==<BR>Find signs that
are approximately the same. Same exact symbols, approximate
locations. The search location for each symbol uses a range of
values. These values are based on the symbol position relative to the
sign's center.<BR><BR>==Search Symbols - Exact==<BR>Find signs that have the
exact same symbols. Location is ignored.<BR><BR>==Search Symbols -
Base==<BR>Find signs that contain the same base symbols. Fills and
rotations are ignored.<BR><BR><BR>For sign entries, these 4 search links are
available. Let's consider the entry for "season" in ASL:<BR><A
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://signbank.org/sp16/canvas.php?ui=1&sgn=4&sid=1309">http://signbank.org/sp16/canvas.php?ui=1&sgn=4&sid=1309</A><BR><IMG
alt="" src="cid:2973C2AA6A254FACB8DD4B26344A6E92@ANDRE2"><BR><BR>Staying in
the ASL dictionary puddle, a search for an exact sign match, will only find
the entry for season.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://signbank.org/sp16/searchquery.php?ui=1&sgn=4&ksw=M16x24S1fb20n1xn23S15a18n15xn24S2e7001xn1">http://signbank.org/sp16/searchquery.php?ui=1&sgn=4&ksw=M16x24S1fb20n1xn23S15a18n15xn24S2e7001xn1</A><BR><BR>Searching
for approximate locations will find 2 entries:<BR><A
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://signbank.org/sp16/searchquery.php?ui=1&sgn=4&qsearch=QS1fb20499x477S15a18485x476S2e700501x499">http://signbank.org/sp16/searchquery.php?ui=1&sgn=4&qsearch=QS1fb20499x477S15a18485x476S2e700501x499</A><BR><BR>Searching
for the exact same symbols, ignoring location, will still only find 2
entries:<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://signbank.org/sp16/searchquery.php?ui=1&sgn=4&qsearch=QS15a18uuuxuuuS1fb20uuuxuuuS2e700uuuxuuu">http://signbank.org/sp16/searchquery.php?ui=1&sgn=4&qsearch=QS15a18uuuxuuuS1fb20uuuxuuuS2e700uuuxuuu</A><BR><BR>Searching
for the base symbols, ignoring location, will find 5 different entries:<BR><A
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://signbank.org/sp16/searchquery.php?ui=1&sgn=4&qsearch=QS15auuuuuxuuuS1fbuuuuuxuuuS2e7uuuuuxuuu">http://signbank.org/sp16/searchquery.php?ui=1&sgn=4&qsearch=QS15auuuuuxuuuS1fbuuuuuxuuuS2e7uuuuuxuuu</A><BR><BR><BR>If
we return to "season" and select the Search Location - Approximate link, we
are given the option to search a different puddle:<BR><A
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://signbank.org/sp16/signsearch.php?ui=1&sgn=4&qsearch=QS1fb20499x477S15a18485x476S2e700501x499">http://signbank.org/sp16/signsearch.php?ui=1&sgn=4&qsearch=QS1fb20499x477S15a18485x476S2e700501x499</A><BR><BR>If
we select the ASL Bible puddle<IMG alt=""
src="cid:C1230C28D9044801AB1B66992611CAE6@ANDRE2"> , we will find 6
different signs that look very similar to the sign for "season", but they have
different strings. One of the entries was used 38 times, the other
entries were only used once each. If we click on the sign that was used
38 times, we will view all of the signs or sign texts that used this exact
sign:<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://signbank.org/sp16/searchquery.php?ui=1&sgn=28&ksw=M16x24S1fb20n1xn23S15a18n15xn24S2e7001xn1">http://signbank.org/sp16/searchquery.php?ui=1&sgn=28&ksw=M16x24S1fb20n1xn23S15a18n15xn24S2e7001xn1</A><BR><BR>This
last page takes a few seconds to load due to all of the column images that are
downloading.<BR><BR><BR>Custom Symbol Search<BR>-------------------<BR>The 5th
search is the revamped "Search by Symbols".<BR><IMG alt=""
src="cid:DD497499F0FD4986A8E2D8836FB51378@ANDRE2"><BR><BR>The first thing
you'll notice is the new cross-hairs in the center. These are used to
specify the position of each symbol. Different positions have different
results.<BR><IMG alt=""
src="cid:66251D57D53346A7AD7B96692C737200@ANDRE2"><BR><BR>Searching for the
index above the center:<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://signbank.org/sp16/searchquery.php?ui=1&sgn=4&qsearch=QS10000493x459">http://signbank.org/sp16/searchquery.php?ui=1&sgn=4&qsearch=QS10000493x459</A><BR><BR><IMG
alt="" src="cid:FE02B484F3414EC996B20CF18919EECB@ANDRE2"><BR>Searching for the
index below the center:<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://signbank.org/sp16/searchquery.php?ui=1&sgn=4&qsearch=QS10000489x506">http://signbank.org/sp16/searchquery.php?ui=1&sgn=4&qsearch=QS10000489x506</A><BR><BR><IMG
alt="" src="cid:E9CBF0B2120C48B89B66B37D0F685CCC@ANDRE2"><BR><BR>You can
search for more than 1 symbol. Each symbol can have 1 of 4 different
types of symbol match. The default for each symbol is the "Exact Match",
which matches the base, fill, and rotation. The "Any Match" matches the
symbol base only. The "Fill Match" will match the fill (palm facing),
but ignore the rotation. The "Rotation Match" will match the exact
rotation,but ignore the fill.<BR><BR><BR>Reflections<BR>---------<BR>Searching
was one of the last barriers to being able to efficiently process the
SignWriting script. This new searching technique uses relatively simple
regular expressions. It is easy to code and fast to execute. No
matter the programming language or the device, real searching of the
SignWriting script is now a reality.<BR><BR>Most importantly, this technique
does not require artificial restrictions on the SignWriting
script.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>-Steve<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>