a new computer for Charles...;-)

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
July 2003

Yes, Charles, you do need to get a new computer - because Windows has 
changed enormously and FileMaker Pro 5.5, which I donated to you, 
requires a modern computer...you can get some computers for under $700 
now...so it is not too bad...FileMaker does very well on smaller 
computers, just as long as you are using a modern version of 
Windows...It sounds like your computer was originally only DOS? That 
sounds old...

Any suggestions from the List, as to a good computer for little money 
for Charles?...Maybe you can buy a used one on eBay, Charles?...

Val ;-)

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On Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 06:34 AM, Charles Butler wrote:

> I'm going to have to either reinstall all my software (I'm not finding 
> ANY original disks but YOURS) or buy a new computer with Windows 
> already loaded.  The latter may be a better bet. 
>  
> I don't want to lose the work I did.  Fortunately I printed out all of 
> it, so if I have to reenter everything, I have the originals.  Using 
> Sign Bank the print will come out MUCH clearer I am sure.  I'm 
> thinking of starting with the illustrations that Rocha and Marianne 
> have done, as there are many words there that were NOT in my work 
> performed in Brazil.  Using a quadralingual approach should really be 
> a challenge.
>  
> Charles
>
>
> Valerie Sutton <sutton at SIGNWRITING.ORG> wrote:
>
> SignWriting List
> July 14, 2003
>
> Charles-
> I spoke with Rocha, while he was here, about your four-language
> dictionary between LIBRAS, Portuguese, ASL and English...and he
> suggested that you prepare it in SignBank, which gives you an Editor
> program for multi-lingual dictionaries. I will be happy to help you
> with that, as soon as you have some of the data entered...so I hope you
> can find a computer to install FileMaker, so you can see your
> dictionary used in the future...I know you worked sooo hard on it, and
> it would be a shame not to enter it into SignBank!
>
> Val ;-)
>
> ------------------------
>
> On Sunday, July 13, 2003, at 05:37 PM, Charles Butler wrote:
>
> > I just looked over the Brazilian Dictionary Web site and it 
> absolutely
> > beautiful and divided by topic.  I'm going to try to download it and
> > rearrange it alphabetically (SSS) as this was a project I was working
> > on while I was in Brazil.
> >  
> > Meanwhile, in looking over all the words, "Titulo de eleitor" didn't
> > make sense to me.  The sign looks like it's being made with two right
> > hands.  The lower one should be flipped the other way if the upper 
> one
> > is supposed to be descending into it (as the "between" character 
> would
> > indicate". 
> >  
> > When I was working in Brazil, that was an interesting point in my
> > editing, it was usually the "C" handshape, and the "square angle" 
> hand
> > were sometimes turned around, showing the right hand for both the 
> left
> > and right hand.  It was a minor typo, but it was a consistent one,
> > which I think is a significant minor point in day-to-day patterns.
> >  
> > Charles
> >  
> >
> >
> > Valerie Sutton wrote:
> > SignWriting List
> > July 10, 2003
> >
> > Hello Everyone, and Tini...
> > Yes, Nicole is very beautiful, you are right about that! I do not
> > believe Nicole is on the SignWriting List, since her photo came from 
> a
> > group of photos on Antonio Carlos' web site. You might enjoy visiting
> > his site with soooo many nice documents in SignWriting, plus the 
> photos
> > of a classroom of Deaf children who are learning SignWriting in 
> Brazil:
> >
> > Brazilian Web Site with SignWriting documents and photos
> > http://gmc.ucpel.tche.br/signwriting/
> >
> > Nicole most likely speaks Portuguese and LIBRAS (Brazilian Sign
> > Language)...so if you want to write to her, I would suggest writing 
> in
> > ASL in SignWriting with English glosses...that at least would give 
> her
> > something to study and muse over, even if she doesn't fully 
> understand
> > what you said...or you could put your English glosses through a
> > translation system on the web to receive Portuguese glosses for 
> her...
> >
> > Thank you, Antonio Carlos, for the lovely web site with all the
> > documents! They are quite amazing and I really loved all the photos 
> of
> > the Deaf children!
> >
> > Val ;-)
> >
> > -------------------------------
> >
> >
> > On Thursday, July 10, 2003, at 05:10 AM, Tini Pel wrote:
> >
> > > To Nicole in Brazil,
> > >  
> > > Valerie send us your picture Nicole, what a beautiful photo!!!!
> > > Did you do all the writing on the board?
> > > Thank you so much. Can you send us some more?
> > > bye for now,
> > > Tini in Canada.
> >
> >
> >
>
> >
> > Do you Yahoo!?
> > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!
>
>
>
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> Do you Yahoo!?
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