Group descriptions

Thu Aug 21 18:37:16 UTC 2008

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August 21, 2008

Hello Andre!

Yes...it is so true....Adam's animated GIFs are really beautiful...we  
are so fortunate...

I think our new instruction support for the ISWA will be very clear  
because of the animated GIFs, but it will take some time to develop  
all the symbols...there are a lot of symbols in the ISWA!

And Stefan's illustrations are lovely too, I agree...

Andre - How did your SignWriting presentations at the Deaf conference  
go, in Canada, earlier this summer?

And thank you for your report about your research before...I was so  
pleased to read about your research and look forward to discussing it  
further, whenever you have some news...

Thanks for writing!

Val ;-)

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On Aug 21, 2008, at 8:36 AM, Gagnon et Thibeault wrote:

> Hi Val, Adam and everyone,
>
>     It is very WONFERFUL for the photograph of the handshape.
>
>     I hope Adam or Stefan will create photographs of the tooth, the  
> eye, the mouth, the tongue, the lip...... they will help Deaf kids  
> to learn easily.
>
>     Adam, keep working!!!
>
>     Hand waving
>
>     André

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Valerie Sutton
> To: SignWriting List
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [sw-l] Group descriptions
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> SignWriting List
> August 21, 2008
>
> Hello Ingvild!
> It is so great to be in touch again. I hope you have had a great  
> summer....I have! ;-))
>
> And yes, of course, when the new ISWA is released officially it will  
> be accompanied by instruction. I am writing several manuals on the  
> ISWA, including some new web areas. They are only partially done.  
> That is what Jonathan was referring to....he found this web area:
>
> SignWriting Symbol Lessons
> International SignWriting Alphabet (ISWA
> http://www.signwriting.org/video/lessons/iswa
>
> As you can see, Adam Frost is creating some wonderful animated GIFs  
> that show the symbol side by side with the photograph of the  
> handshape, moving from palm facing to palm facing...
>
> But we have barely started...and the actual ISWA will not be  
> released for at least a month...so when that times comes I hope to  
> be prepared with the documents to support it...
>
> I am also doing a re-design of SymbolBank for the ISWA:
>
> SymbolBank
> http://www.movementwriting.org/symbolbank/
>
> And I would feel very fortunate indeed if you have the time to  
> translate the materials into Norwegian...We could even create some  
> Norwegian web areas that mirror the English one...
>
> So there is work ahead of us...But one thing that is good...the ISWA  
> is an improvement over the IMWA...and I suspect we will be using the  
> ISWA in a stable fashion for decades to come...so the instruction  
> materials we create will really be used over a long period of time...
>
> Thanks for your unending support -
>
> Val ;-)
>
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>
>
> On Aug 21, 2008, at 2:50 AM, Ingvild Roald wrote:
>
>> Such descriptions would be useful. Then may there be a option for  
>> us to translate the descriptions into other languages than  
>> English?  We of other countries would do his work, of course
>>
>> Ingvild
>>
>>
>> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:13:39 +0200
>> From: duncanjonathan at yahoo.ca
>> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>> Subject: [sw-l] Group descriptions
>>
>> Hi Val,
>>     I was wondering if the descriptions for the groups in the  
>> ISWA-2008 are available anywhere on the website yet.  I have been  
>> looking for it but only found
>> http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/swis/data.php?subset=&bs_code=*  
>> but it doesn't have the descriptions and  http://www.signwriting.org/video/lessons/iswa/group01/ 
>>  but it isn´t complete for all of the groups in the ISWA just the  
>> first ones.
>>
>> I am looking for something like
>> 01-01-001-01  Index Tight Fist
>> 01-01-002-01 Index Open Fist
>> 01-01-003-01 Index Cup Base
>>
>> But for all of the groups.
>>
>> I understand that you are still putting the last touches to the  
>> ISWA and want to let you know that I am very grateful for all the  
>> hard work you and Steve have put into the symbols,  I was looking  
>> at them the other day as I imported the ones that had come with the  
>> SWIS into my program and I like them a lot better than the IMWA.   
>> I'm that they will contribute to easier reading.
>>
>> If there is anything I can do to help with getting the group  
>> descriptions together, let me know.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>>
>>
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