SignBank 8.5 Dictionaries and Documents

[Adam Frost]

I'm gamed. ;-)

Adam

On 9/1/07, Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org> wrote:
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> SignWriting List
> September 1, 2007
>
> On Aug 31, 2007, at 7:30 PM, K.J. Boal wrote:
> > I got both those postings, plus this one that I'm responding to.
> > The List software seems to be working fine for me . . .  I'm
> > sending this email both to the List and to you personally, Val, so
> > you'll be sure to get it!
> > KJ
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> Hello SignWriting List, and Kelly Jo!
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> Thank you, Kelly Jo, for telling me. I am glad the List is working
> well for you too...
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> Happy September!
>
> I have really enjoyed August here. We had guests...my cousins from
> Maine...and wonderful friends dropping by...
>
> Yesterday I worked with Todd Duell, on SignBank, and we have decided
> that in the next few months we will separate SignBank into two
> separate programs, which will be easier for people to use and
> understand.
>
> 1. SignBank Dictionary Database
> for printing multi-lingual SignWriting dictionaries
> (provides multiple print formats for publishing dictionaries in all
> sizes)
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> 2. SignBank Document Maker
> for printing multi-lingual SignWriting documents
> (provides multiple print formats for publishing literature in all sizes)
>
> BOTH programs will be standalone, and will not require the purchase
> of any other software. They will both be in FileMaker 8.5 and 9.0,
> but there will also be a Runtime that will be free. And although they
> work similarly, they will actually be completely independent of each
> other.
>
> BOTH will be coordinated with SignPuddle so that data can be imported
> or copied from SignPuddle 1.5.
>
> I only wish the two programs were separate right now! They are still
> one program, and it will take Todd a couple of full days work
> programming to make the two standalone programs...and I need to raise
> the funds for that project, but it will happen...I am determined!
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> MEANWHILE....I am asking for your help. I need to test Document Maker
> the way it is right now, with some users, and I am asking if we can
> test it with all of you on the SignWriting List? Are there a few of
> you, who would like to learn to take a document already created in
> SignText, and learn how to print it as a document in Document Maker?
> It means you will have to download a very large file on the web
> (SignBank 8.5), to use it on your hard drive, and then I can teach
> you step by step how to print a document in different formats with
> the current Document Maker...and then your feedback will help me tell
> Todd new features that we need for the future standalone version...
>
> Anyone interested in testing Document Maker with me on the List?
>
> I will wait for replies and prepare lessons while I am waiting!
>
> Many thanks in advance -
>
> Val ;-)
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