copy paste problem

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
June 5, 2008

Dali balti from Tunisia wrote:
> I have already downloaded the signwriting maker freeware and I have  
> made many signs.
> The problem is I can not copy them directly on the signmaker, and it  
> takes me much time to make them on line since the internet speed is  
> not that good in Tunisia.
> Please would you tell me what to do?
> Thank you

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Hello Dali and Everyone!
Thank you for posting your question to the List...Everyone is welcome  
to post questions to the List anytime...

And I am happy to know that you are using our free software. Actually  
all of our software is free, in one way or another. And each program  
has a different name...

I am guessing that you downloaded and are using SignWriter DOS? That  
is an older program that works in MS-DOS...is that the program you are  
using?

And you want to copy the signs you have already written in SignWriter  
DOS, to your new Tunisian SignPuddle Online? Is that correct?

SignPuddle Online for Tunisia
http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5/index.php?ui=1&sgn=0&sgn=104

I can understand that you need a fast and good internet connection...I  
am sorry you do not have that....

So there are two issues....

1. How to copy signs from SignWriter DOS to SignPuddle?...
Answer: It technically cannot be done, because the two programs are  
not compatible. The signs in SignWriter DOS can be exported as  
graphics, and then those graphics could be pasted into SignPuddle like  
illustrations, but they are not considered "real signs" inside  
SignPuddle. It is best to re-write all the signs from the beginning in  
SignPuddle Online, because then each sign becomes SWML, which means it  
can be searched, sorted, edited and so forth...so I am sorry to say  
that it is best to re-write all the signs in SignPuddle. And since  
SignPuddle is our world-standard software for SignWriting now, it is  
best to start using it from now on if possible...


2. How to use SignPuddle without the internet?
Answer: We do have a PocketPuddle, which is a USB stick that plugs  
into a Windows computer, and makes it possible to use SignPuddle  
offline. Maybe this is your answer? To air mail that to Tunisia would  
cost us money, so although SignPuddle is free on the web, the  
PocketPuddle does cost something...Here is information about ordering  
a PocketPuddle:

PocketPuddle
http://www.suttonshop.com/ecommerce/pages/products_sw_detail.jsp?id=49.0


Sometimes we donate materials to Deaf schools who apply to join our  
SignWriting Literacy Project. If you are teaching Deaf people to read  
and write with SignWriting, perhaps you would like to apply to join  
the SignWriting Literacy Project? There is information on the web:

SignWriting Literacy Project Home
http://www.signwriting.org/forums/teachers/teachers.html

About the SignWriting Literacy Project
http://www.signwriting.org/forums/teachers/teach001.html

We can talk more about that if you are interested...

Write again to the List to ask more questions -





Val ;-)



Valerie Sutton
Sutton at SignWriting.org

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