AW: [sw-l] Comment and feedback for SignPuddle 1.5

[Steve Slevinski]

Hi Stefan,

I've an update for SignPuddle 1.5.  This version supports Unicode and 
multiple words for a single sign.

I broke the translation section, but I'm fixing it now.

It's not fully tested, but it's the right direction.  I should have a 
copy of the existing SignPuddle 1.0 dictionaries loaded into the 1.5 
test system by next week.

-Steve

Stefan Wöhrmann wrote:
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> Hi Steve ...
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> Yes -- you are a genius ! --
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> I am so impressed -- and I have not got the slightest idea how you can 
> achieve all these features.
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> Let me ask one question --
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> So far we are not able to use the typical Umlaut letters as we need 
> them in German spoken language "ae" = ä  
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> We need the special sign for sz  the "ß"  as well
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> Is there a chance in the long run that you can fix that?
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> Would be great!
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> In order to work right now with SignPuddle I have to write the words 
> with misspellings -- some students got confused -- nothing to worry 
> about but nevertheless ...
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> Congrats
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> and all the best and a big Thank you for all what you are doing for us!!
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> Stefan
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> *Von:* owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu 
> [mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu] *Im Auftrag von *Steve 
> Slevinski
> *Gesendet:* Montag, 29. Januar 2007 21:37
> *An:* sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> *Betreff:* Re: [sw-l] Comment and feedback for SignPuddle 1.5
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> Hi Jonathan,
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> Thanks for the feedback. 
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> I'm currently putting the export button back in.  It's changed in that 
> it now exports SBML (SignBank markup language).  The new version of 
> SignBank coming out in March can import SBML.  I'll explain more below.
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> I'm not sure how the import will work.  It may be automated, but 
> that's not really needed just yet.  Anyone with access to the file 
> system can import and export directly.  PocketPuddle users can do this 
> themselves.  And I'll be available to help anyone with a private 
> puddle through Val's SignBank.org website.
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> By tomorrow, 2 additional features will be available on the SignPuddle 
> 1.5 demo.  The first is image/video upload for individuals signs. 
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> The second is the inclusion of the SignSpelling Sequence column.   
> This is required for sorting signs properly.  Read about it online 
> (http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs2/sw0145-SignSpelling-2004.pdf).
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> Back to SBML...
> The SBML import into SignBank will be really amazing.  You can do all 
> of the initial data entry with SignPuddle and you can do all of the 
> presentation with SignBank.  SBML contains information for a sign's 
> appearance and it's sorting.  I've attached the sbml.dtd.
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> For sharing, SignPuddle 1.5 still has links to email.  It's the 
> easiest way to share.
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> For importing, SignPuddle 1.5 is compatible with SignPuddle 1.0, so 
> any existing SignPuddle dictionary can be used. although I do need to 
> update the SignPuddle 1.0 export routine.  I've done this by hand for 
> the ASL dictionary, so tomorrow we'll see over 6000 signs in 
> SignPuddle 1.5.
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> Please let me know any specific feature requests and I'll see what I 
> can do.
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> Regards,
> -Steve
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> Jonathan wrote:
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> Hi Steve,
>     I haven´t been able to test out SignPuddle 1.5 fully because I´m 
> not connected to the Internet very much at a time so the on line 
> applications are a bit difficult for me.  But I didn´t have a quick 
> look around.  Something I didn´t see was the SWML or Import/Export 
> buttons.  Did you remove them from this version?  I think that it 
> would be important to have them as they should be the best option for 
> sharing what we have written.  I have seen user posting the URL but it 
> seems to get split up so readily in the emails.
>     Not needing to use the bookmarks to save the document and being 
> able to describe a sign with a document sound like very nice features!!!
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> Regards,
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> Jonathan
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> Steve Slevinski wrote:
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> Hi List,
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> I've been busy working on SignPuddle 2.  It's going well, however many 
> people like the original SignPuddle, so I created a special version 
> that will be available on the PocketPuddle.  It's called SignPuddle 
> 1.5 and I have a demo version available online.
> http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5
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> It works almost exactly like the original SignPuddle, but it has 
> several major enhancements.
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> First, it is easy to create new puddles.  All you need to do is enter 
> a title, subdirectory name, and select a graphic icon(gif or png).
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> Second, there is no longer a special dictionary editors page and no 
> need to log in.  Signs can be edited from any page.
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> Third, SignText has been integrated with SignPuddle.  In fact, each 
> sign can have a SignText document.  You can use SignPuddle to organize 
> SignText documents, or you can use SignText documents to describe any 
> sign in sign language.  There is no need to use bookmarks, just save 
> the document the same way you save a sign.
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> Forth, the Translation feature creates a SignText document that can be 
> saved to any puddle.  However, it no longer does the automatic finger 
> spelling.
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> I'm very excited for this new version.  I'd appreciate any feedback or 
> comment.
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> Regards,
> -Steve
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