update of SW computer info requested

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 25, 2003

Hello Everyone and James, Daniel -
Thanks for these messages...I am trying to stay off computers but I
can't seem to stop looking at my email - smile...I have been in bed
trying to fight breathing problems...But your messages are wonderful -
thank you!

James - did you receive the copy of SignBank I mailed you? Have you
tried it?

And thanks for the write-up, James...I would prefer not using the term
"market" since that implies that we are a commercial organization, and
since everything is free for download anyway, why not refer people to
the downloads page on the web? Daniel is right that memory differs from
computer to computer these days...and yes, of course, there is a new
SignWriter Java under development, thanks to Daniel! ;-)

So why not change your write-up to say something like this:

"SignWriting can be easily written by hand, which means we can write
sentences on a classroom chalkboard. There are also several computer
programs for SignWriting, including SignWriter DOS, which we use to
prepare our SignWriting documents. SignWriting software can be
downloaded for free on the web on the SignWriting Web Site:
www.SignWriting.org/downloads." Other programs include SignBank
Dictionaries and SignWriter Java, which is still under development."

Now having said all this, James, go right ahead and say whatever you
feel is best!

Val ;-)


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On Friday, October 24, 2003, at 06:32 PM, James/Judy Shepard-Kegl wrote:
> "SignWriting can be easily written by hand, which means we can write
> sentences on a classroom chalkboard.  (There is a short form method,
> but we
> do not use this in Nicaragua.)  The Center for Sutton Movement
> Writing, Inc.
> also markets a software program, called SignWriter, that allows the
> writer
> to type the aspects to form any sign.  SignWriter is an MS-DOS program
> requiring 640 K bytes of memory and CGA, EGa or VGA graphics.  A hard
> disk
> is required to access glossary files.  The writer has the choice of
> constructing a sign by its elements (hand shape, orientation, contact,
> etc.)
> or by retrieving the sign from a glossary file."
>
> I am not sure how accurate the above used to be because, as you know,
> I am a
> bit of a computer illiterate.  More to the point, I wonder how
> accurate this
> description is today with all the high tech changes you have made.
> So, I am
> wondering if you (or anyone on the list) would like to very briefly
> rewrite
> this paragraph so that I am not shortchanging SignWriter in my final
> draft.