[sw-l] using SignWriting to index Stokoe's dictionary

Kimberley A. Shaw kshaw at WELLESLEY.EDU
Wed Apr 6 20:26:11 UTC 2005


Hello Val and all:
thank you!
I'm off to tackle the Stokoe-index project now, and am admiring the way
these SignPuddle signs cut-and-paste into Word for the PC. It will be
interesting to see how much overlap there is between Stokoe & SignPuddle
... or not!
Kim

sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 at 12:03 PM
-0500 wrote:
>Hello Kim -
>I am happy to answer your questions. But you will have to be
>patient...ok?
>
>Fill is a technical term. SignWriting shows palm facing and some other
>details, by filling the handshape with dark or light. The back of the
>hand is dark, for instance, and the palm of the hand is white. So when
>a symbol is in the SignBox....
>
>1. click on the Fill Key to change to the palm facing you want to
>search for
>2. click on Fill Match
>3. click on Search
>
>See attached diagram...follow the numbers...



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