Sign Proccessing Software

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
June 13, 2004

Dear SW List, and Stephen....
Welcome back to the SignWriting List...Thanks for the message below.
This will be an interesting discussion!

First, while you were gone, there were many messages about the recent
workshop on Sign Language Processing in Lisbon. Antonio Carlos wrote
this message to the List, giving us a link to download a copy of the
proceedings...so maybe you would enjoy reading about some of the other
software currently under development? Notice that Antonio Carlos asks
us not to distribute the document, until we get permission from the
workshop organizers...Here is Antonio Carlos' message posted last week:

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Antonio Carlos wrote....
I've made a request for an official authorization for the distribution
of the electronic version of the proceedings of the Lisbon workshop.
While
this authorization doesn't come, I've put a "non-authorized" version of
  the
proceedings in the address

  http://gmc.ucpel.tche.br/lisbon-workshop

If you download the file (7Mbytes), please don't redistribute it, as it
is not official.

All the best,
Antonio Carlos

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Stephen Slevinski wrote:
> Word processing is easy with text.  Spell checking is automatic.
> Grammar
> checking, word use, and sentence structure are all included.
>
> I would like to discuss the state of sign processing.  I know there is
> a lot
> of development going on in the world.
>
> Free Writing is a term used by Peter Elbow.  It means to start writing
> and
> not analyze anything that you write, while you write it.  If you get
> lost in
> a sentence, skip to a new line and continue to write.  There is no
> editing
> when you write, there are only thoughts on the page.  This is a writing
> technique to discover your true voice.  This is not necessarily a speed
> drill, but speed is sometimes needed to keep up with the mind.  Free
> writing
> can be done on paper or with software.
>
> Editing involved cuting and pasting.  It requires rewriting specific
> words,
> sentences, or whole paragraphs.
>
> So what is the best sign processor for free writing?
>
> What is the best sign processor for editing?
>
> What projects do you have your eye on for the future?
>
> Thanks for your input,
> -Stephen Slevinski
>