AW: [sw-l] Computer Applications for SignWriting

Thu May 5 14:51:09 UTC 2005

I like this animation – 

can you slow down it – it schanges too fast – at least for us old people –
(smile) 

Stefan ;-)) 

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Von: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
[mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu] Im Auftrag von Augusto
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 5. Mai 2005 01:46
An: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
Betreff: Re: [sw-l] Computer Applications for SignWriting

Dear Valerie and SW list,

             Thank you for your words VAL.  I am translating and  finishing
the software. Give-me a couple of days.

             May you  VAL  or anybody of the list help  to indicate what is
the exactly sign of  each movement of the eyes in the attach animation

             Pedro AUGUSTO marques

              <mailto:augusto at dicionariolibras.com.br>
augusto at dicionariolibras.com.br

              <http://www.dicionariolibras.com.br>
www.dicionariolibras.com.br  

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Valerie <mailto:sutton at signwriting.org>  Sutton 

To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu 

Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 7:55 PM

Subject: Re: [sw-l] Computer Applications for SignWriting

SignWriting List
May 4, 2005

Dear SW List, and Augusto!
Everyday there seems to be new software or some new development regarding
SignWriting in computers. And Augusto's new software is an example of the
creativity that is happening all over the world...I had so much fun looking
at your site, Augusto...thank you for this!!

Everyone...if you go to Augusto's link below...and then scroll down his web
page...as you go down, you will find animation of SignWriting facial
expressions, animation of shoulder and hip movement symbols...and animation
of a person doing a sign that contains a Brush symbol, doing a Rub
symbol...in other words, the animated figure shows what the movement symbol
means...it is really quite exciting and I can see this will be
valuable...Congrats, Augusto!

Your program and also Sandy's SignPoster are two programs that I look
forward to studying more soon...

Meanwhile, Augusto, what is the name of your program? I can see you are
calling it LIBRAS-SIGNWRITING, but actually your software is not just for
LIBRAS...it is for any signed language...so does it have a name that is more
general?....like SignWritingTutor, or SignConverter, or SignWritngAnimator
or whatever...it needs a generic name for listing it...and the name has to
be unique and not used by another program...

So give me the official names for your programs...Many thanks!

Val ;-)

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Augusto from Brazil wrote:

I did a software  CONVERSOR LIBRAS-SIGNWRITING  that I am improving in this
moment.But is for download in 

www.dicionariolibras.com.br  >> DOWNLOADS >> APLICATIVOS EDUCACIONAIS E
AFINS >> CONVERSOR LIBRAS-SIGNWRITING 

with this software allow  to write in portugues and the software translate
for SW  in seconds.

There are another software tha i am waiting for "feed-back"
www.dicionariolibras.com.br >>>DOWNLOADS >>> APLICATIVOS EDUCACIONAIS E
AFINS >> PRATIQUE SIGNWRITING

 this is a very very very good software for practise SW.  It´s for Libras
but is very  easy to pass for another sign language. If someone wish i can
to configure for

anaother sign language.

Visit my site everyday I put a different animation for teaching SW.

LOOK

Augusto

augusto at dicionariolibras.com.br

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----- Original Message -----

From: Valerie Sutton 
To: SIGNWRITING List 
Cc: Pennacchi Barbara 
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 11:25 PM
Subject: [sw-l] Computer Applications for SignWriting

SignWriting List
May 2, 2005

Dear SW List:
I am writing a grant for new software development and I need to summarize
all of our past and current software programs. I know there are some I have
forgotten...Can you think of some other programs? Like recently, from
Brazil, I know there is new software? Please write to tell us, so I can list
it here...and if you find mistakes below, I would love to know...many
thanks! Val ;-)

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Computer Applications for SignWriting

SignWriter for Apple //e and //c (1986-1988): The original SignWriting
computer program was written for the Apple //e and //c computers by Richard
Gleaves, one of the developers of Apple Pascal, Modula 2 computer language.
SignWriter DOS for MS-DOS (1988-today): SignWriter for the Apple //c was
ported over to MS-DOS in 1988. SignWriter DOS is still used today around the
world on older computers running Windows 98 or ME. It does not run on
Windows NT, 2000 or XP. To solve this problem, newer versions of SignWriter
are under development. SignWriter is the first Sign-Language-Processing
program in history, providing the ability to create long typed documents in
the movements of signs. It also provides extensive Word-to-Sign dictionary
features.
SignWriter Java (1999-Today): SignWriter DOS could not be ported over to the
new Java computer language back in 1996, so it was re-written from the
ground up in Java, but due to financial reasons, SignWriter Java could never
be completed. Even so, it can be downloaded for free on the Internet anyway,
and many people use it, because it can be used on modern operating systems,
such as Mac OS X and all Windows operating systems. It will be replaced by
SignWriter Tiger (see below), which is also a form of Java, in 2005.
SignWriter Tiger (2005 beta): The SignWriter Java program is being re-built
again, this time by German-Swiss Deaf programmer Daniel Noelpp. It is
scheduled for beta testing in May 2005. Daniel is programming in the newest
version of Java, named Tiger. Hence, SignWriter Tiger will fix and improve
the old 1999 program, plus add new features.
SignWriter Python (2005 beta): SignWriter is also being re-written in the
new Python computer language, by German programmer Lars Majewski, at the
request of SignWriting teacher Stefan Woehrmann. Already, the old SignWriter
DOS files can be viewed in any operating system, using the new SignWriter
Python Document and Dictionary Viewer.
SW-Edit (2000-Today): Created in Brazil by Rafael Piccin Torchelsen &
Professor Antonio Carlos da Rocha Costa for the SIGN-Net Project in 2000,
the SW-Edit program is an editing tool for SignWriting. Drag and drop the
symbols into an editing box. This creates signs in SWML.
SWML (1999 to Today): There are four forms of SWML, the SignWriting Markup
Language in the world: SWML-UCPel: the original SWML Formats, SWML-D: for
the Flemish Online Dictionary, SWML-S: for SignPuddle Online Dictionaries,
and SWDB: for UCPel Linguistic SignWriting Database.
SignWriting TrueType Fonts (2000-Today): There are three families of
TrueType fonts with SignWriting symbols: The Sutton Fonts are Fingerspelling
Fonts for 18 different countries, the Woehrmann Fonts include commonly-used
signs in German Sign Language (DGS), and the Parkhurst Fonts were used to
create the textbooks on SignWriting written in Spain, by Steve and Dianne
Parkhurst, including their well-known book SignoEscritura. The symbols in
the Parkhurst Fonts are specific to writing the Spanish Sign Language
dialect of Madrid.
The Flemish Sign Language Dictionary on the web (2004 to Today) can be
searched by words or by sign-symbols. Converts SignWriter DOS dictionary
files automatically. Search for over 6,000 Flemish signs. An important
feature is the ability to search for signs by handshape and/or contact
symbols. This creates a two-way bilingual dictionary. Signs are created with
SWML. VSigns (2004 to Today) from Greece. Synthesis of Virtual Reality
Animations from SWML using MPEG-4 Body Animation Parameters
 Find a sign.
Read it in SignWriting. Then click on an animated figure and see the sign
move. VSigns generates VRML animation sequences from SignWriting, based on
MPEG-4 Body Animation. The SignWriting of each sign is provided as input and
is initially converted to SWML (SignWriting Markup Language).
Sign WebMessage (2004 to Today) from Brazil. SWM is a web-tool that enables
communication either in Portuguese or in Brazilian Sign Language (Libras).
In the messages, the signs can be written in SignWriting in Libras and,
optionally, their meaning in Portuguese.
SignPoster (2005 beta) from Great Britain. Programmer Sandy Fleming is
developing a way to touch type SignWriting symbols, using a limited symbol
set for one sign language.
SignWriting in Unicode is a project in discussion, at the Summer Institute
of Linguistics, directed by Albert Bickford in Arizona, with the guidance of
Unicode expert Michael Everson, in Dubin, Ireland. The project is on hold
until funding can be found. It will take several years to create a Unicode
for SignWriting, which will expand SignWriting’s use in other programs.
SignBank 2002-2004 Database Software in FileMaker Pro 5.0-6.0 from USA, by
Valerie Sutton and Todd Duell. This groundbreaking multi-lingual database
was designed to publish large SignWriting dictionaries sorted by
Sign-Symbol-Sequence (the SSS), and provides the full SymbolBank, with all
symbols in the entire SignWriting system. The International Movement Writing
Alphabet (the IMWA) is every symbol for writing body movement and can be
searched and studied through SignBank 2004. SignBank 2004 also provides Deaf
children with illustrated dictionaries, and researchers a place to store
their video clips and foreign signs. Sophisticated linguistic searches make
it possible to find all the signs with the same handshape, or all the signs
with the same combination of symbols, or all the signs with the exact
SignSpelling
and several other search routines. New search routines can be
created on the fly. The SignSpelling database is the first in history to
give editors the chance to establish the sorting routines for their
Sign-to-Word multi-lingual dictionaries. There are 20 print formats, and a
special linguistic area for adding definitions written in Sign Language, and
a place to add animated SignWriting for children.
SignPuddle 2004-2005: Stephen Slevinski has brought SignWriting to the web
with a series of web-based programs designed for the everyday use. These
programs include SignMail, for sending email in SignWriting, SignTranslate,
for translating spoken language glosses to signs, and SignMaker, a way to
create new SignWriting signs on the web by dragging and dropping symbols
into a SignBox, and then saving them to the online SignPuddle dictionary.
One can use the new signs immediately in email or in SignWriting documents,
created by another program, SignText. Dictionaries can be edited by editors
who are invited to review dictionary entries. And Slevinski is currently
working on another related program called SignType, which will allow
SignMaker to work with keyboard strokes as well as with a mouse.

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