SignPuddle questions

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
May 12, 2008

Hello Maria!
Thank you for these questions. I am very excited to realize that we  
will soon be able to read Maltese Sign Language documents in  
SignWriting...This is a big step forward...

Let me take one question at a time...


MARIA AZZOPARDI from Malta wrote:
> 1. How do you place two facial expressions on the face? I tried to  
> do so
> with 'raised eyebrows' and 'wide open eyes'. I tried to blend them
> together in one face-symbol but the resulting signwriting is not so  
> clear.
> Valerie had once told me to write multiple facial expressions next  
> to each
> other. I assume I should do this in SignPuddle too, right?

Yes...Of course. SignPuddle is our software, just like SignWriter DOS  
and other programs have been, so whatever you write in SignWriting,  
you can use SignPuddle to do it with...

The current SignPuddle software is using an older symbolset called the  
International Movement Writing Alphabet (the IMWA). One of the  
problems with the current IMWA symbols is that some facial expressions  
cannot fit on top of each other, without the symbols being  
unreadable...and you are correct that the position you mention above  
is one of them!

But when the new symbolset, the International SignWriting Alphabet  
2008 (ISWA 2008) is installed in SignPuddle this June, you will see  
that the new Facial symbols are more flexible. You will be able to  
move the symbols around within the facial circle, and even though that  
is not perfect either, it is much better...See attached diagram...







So for the next month or so, you will need to be patient. Right now,  
most people place the two facial expressions side by side or one above  
the other...

Take a look at the German Sign Language Dictionary in SignPuddle.  
There are lots of faces side by side, and they interlock. I like this  
too, and this is important for several reasons. In this case, these  
are sequential mouth movements, and they are showing changes in the  
mouth, so they could not be placed on top of each other anyway, since  
they show movement of the mouth during the movement of the sign:



German SignPuddle
http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/index.html#sgn-DE
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