Stephen's SW Word Processor

Tue Mar 16 22:17:58 UTC 2004

Thanks for the positive feedback.

I have added a Taiwanese Sign Language dictionary to the list.  You can add
signs to the dictionary whenever you get to it.

The only dictionary I am claiming responsibility for is the ASL dictionary.
The other dictionaries are available to use if you want.  I hope to see at
least one other dictionary take off; so get to it!

As for a CD... It is possible that the dictionaries and software will be
available for download someday.

As for getting paid...  You can add signs to the dictionaries.  That is the
best thing you can do.  Second, you can preorder the Sign Writing Playing
Cards, which will be available for preorder very soon.  These contributions
will make it possible to show achievements when applying for grants.

Lastly, you can make a financial contribution to the software development
for the dictionaries.  See www.pudl.info/donate.php for more information if
you're interested.

-Stephen Slevinski
www.pudl.info

-----Original Message-----
From: SignWriting List [mailto:SW-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA]On Behalf Of
Wayne Smith
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:04 AM
To: SW-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA
Subject: Stephen's SW Word Processor

Stephen -
     I have just visited your page.  It is amazing and deserves the support
of all of us.  I found it very easy to type SW sentences using the
dictionary entries that you have so far.  ALSO: I discovered that it is
quite easy to copy the SW sentences into other formats, such as Microsoft
Word, in order to create documents that might be bilingual, English and ASL.
     At what point will this technology (which you should be getting paid
for!) be available for other languages?  I would love to be able to combine
signs in Taiwan Sign Language (TSL) with written Chinese so as to develop
TSL teaching materials.  I can already type Chinese characters in Word, and
with this technology I could now easily add TSL signs to the mix.
     Might you be coming out with a SW Word Processor on a CD that people
could buy?  Obviously they would be responsible for creating the databases
for their respective languages?
     In May I'll be getting back in touch with my "inner SignWriting self"
and will be in a position to upload a lot of TSL signs to the PUDL database,
if you're interested.
     Congratulations!
           - Wayne Smith
www.mrlanguage.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Slevinski" <slevin at PUDL.INFO>
To: <SW-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: Punctuation Symbol available for word to sign

> Hey Val,
>
> I have switched the build section to the top.
>
> What is the graphic for the exclamation point?  I didn't find it.
>
> And you didn't mention the best feature.  You can add to the sentence by
> click on the search results.  This is a great help when a sign has a lot
of
> versions.
>
> Lets say that you wanted to use "help" in a sentence.  If you use the word
> "help"  you will get version 1.  If you user "help_2" you will get version
> 2.  If you don't know what version to use, you can search for "help" with
> the search section.  Click on "help" in the search results.  Then click
> "Add" next to the version that you want, and that version will be added to
> the sentence automatically.
>
> The 3030 signs is a combination of 3025 ASL signs, 1 Libras sign, and 4
> punctuation signs.  The 3025 ASL signs do contain duplicates, such as
"mail"
> and "letter".
>
> =Stephen Slevinski
> www.pudl.info
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SignWriting List [mailto:SW-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA]On Behalf Of
> Valerie Sutton
> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 9:45 PM
> To: SW-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA
> Subject: Re: Punctuation Symbol available for word to sign
>
>
> SignWriting List
> March 15, 2004
>
> Stephen Slevinski wrote:
> > I've added the punctuation for the comma, colon, period, and question
> > mark.
> > If you use the build section on the dictionary, you can use the actual
> > symbols .,:? and it will be replaced with the appropriate graphic.
> >
> > www.pudl.info/dictionary/searchPlus.php
>
>
>
> Dear SW List and Stephen -
> You never cease to amaze me! Congratulations on 3030 entries! Are those
> a mixture of ASL and Libras signs, or are they only ASL?...
>
> And now I would like to ask members of our List to go to the web page
> mentioned above, and try to build a sign-sentence. Here are
> instructions....Please see my attached diagram. See the red numbers in
> the diagram. First, you type the sentence in English gloss. Second,
> push the Build button. Third, the sentence in SignWriting appears!
>
> It is really one of the best features I have ever seen on the web -
> very clever!
>
> May I ask, could you put number 1, at the top of the screen rather than
> at the bottom?...the building of the sentence should be the first
> thing, not the last, because scrolling is annoying and if a person has
> their screen set to 600 by 800, then they may not even see the place
> where they should type the sentence...Just a thought...The punctuation
> is wonderful...that really works amazingly well and the only one I miss
> is the Exclamation Point, which we really use a lot......You have
> slaved for us for so many days...Thank you!
>
> .....Tomorrow I will be showing your site to a group of 12 teachers in
> Albuquerque, New Mexico...I will be teaching through a conference
> call....smile...Val ;-)
>
>
>
>
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