SignWriting in ASCII format?

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
March 17, 2003

Gillian -
Have you thought of using SWML? I don't believe it is ASCIII, or is it? 
Ask the programmer -

Write to:
Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa
rocha at atlas.ucpel.tche.br

SignWriting Markup Language (SWML)
http://swml.ucpel.tche.br/
http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/software/swml

Escola de Informática
Universidade Católica de Pelotas
R. Félix da Cunha, 412
96.010-000 Pelotas, RS, Brazil.


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On Monday, March 17, 2003, at 11:12 AM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
> SignWriting List
> March 17, 2003
>
> Dear SignWriting List Members, and Gillian:
> Thank you for writing, Gillian. Your message is pasted below. I am 
> posting your message to the SignWriting List, since there are 
> programmers on the List who might be able to answer your questions. If 
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> Instructions on how to join are at the bottom of this message. I hope 
> you will get a good response from programmers... Val ;-)
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> From: Gillian Sherry <gilliansherry at yahoo.com>
> Date: Fri Mar 14, 2003 3:05:55 PM US/Pacific
> To: DAC at SignWriting.org
> Subject: NJIT research
>
> Ms. Sutton:
> I am a graduate student in Biomedical Engineering at
> the New Jersey Institute of Technology. For my
> master's thesis I am investigating the issue of
> segmentation of a continuous sign stream with the
> intention of designing a pattern recognition system
> capable of recognizing individual signs that have been
> performed dynamically. I am working with data that is
> acquired using Immersion's CyberGloves and Flock of
> Birds motion trackers by Ascension Technologies.
>
> I am wondering if you know of any work that has been
> done on representing SSW in ASCII format for research
> purposes. At the moment my research indicates that SN
> does have an ASCII representation but I would prefer
> to use SSW. Any suggestions that you may have would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
> Sincerely,
> Gillian Sherry
> gilliansherry at yahoo.com
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