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

[Kimberley Shaw]

Hi all:
I didn't think that using "ss" instead of ess-zet or "ae" "oe" "ue"
instead of umlaut in German is really misspelling ... Is it??
Kim from Boston

On 1/29/07, Stefan Wöhrmann <stefanwoehrmann at gebaerdenschrift.de> wrote:
> Great - thanks
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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 22:59
> An: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Betreff: Re: AW: [sw-l] Comment and feedback for SignPuddle 1.5
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> Hi Stefan,
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> Yes, this will be solved in the near future, but not yet...
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> -Steve
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> 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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