The SignWriter Studio software

Tue Nov 25 02:38:53 UTC 2008

Wow!  Sounds like a major project; I'll look forward to trying it out once the beta version is online!
KJ
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jonathan y Yolaine 
  To: SignWriting List 
  Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 5:47 PM
  Subject: [sw-l] The SignWriter Studio software

  Hi all,
      I want to let you know how my SignWriting software is coming along.  All the following is tentative and may change before the it's release.  All of your comments are welcome and appreciated.
      The name of the software is The SignWriter Studio.  It's a continuation of a program I wrote a few years ago called that was for grouping and printing lists of signs and pictures of what they were.  It was for my personal use to teach my deaf students, many of whom didn't know any formal sign language, and also to help other expand their sign vocabulary.

      However that program had one big shortcoming. I couldn't find all the vocabulary I needed to teach my students. By then I had started to learn SignWriting I wrote some signs in SignText and added them as pictures to lists of signs.  But I decided that it would be best write another program and include the features of this along with SignWriting.
      Basically "The SignWriter Studio" is a multilanguaged glossed dictionary.  The Dictionary can hold SignWriting like the SignPuddle but also pictures along with the signs.  Any one sign can be glosses in any number of languages and you can work with up to to glossing languages at a time.  The Signs can be searched by gloss or by symbol search. It has it's own intuitive Sign Editor complete with favorite symbol list, hand symbol search, keyboard or entry for pretty much everything.  The software also has a Document section where you can include signs from the dictionary of pictures, or even create new signs.  A GlosstoSign form is being developed to gloss out a document.  It also has it´s own Image Editor for basic image editing. It can export and import both SBML and SignText URLs.   The SignList is for grouping signs and printing them out to practice them.  Also I am planning a SWQuiz as a game to practice sign vocabulary. 

      I also loved the idea of writing a program that could change from expressive to receptive and vice-versa. Also be able to animate the signs and someday interface with an Avatar. But the only way of doing this right was to write everything from the ground up. I also wanted to write a program that would make SignWriting even easier for the beginner and faster for the experienced user than it already is .

      So I started writing a prototype program to get the ideas of how I was going do this monumental task of writing a SignWriting editor. Recently I started pulling all of the pieces together to create "The SignWriter Studio". I plan on publishing a BETA version as soon is it is ready so that you can all have a look at it. Meanwhile, any and all suggestions are welcome either on the SignWriting List(sw-l) or directly to me at duncanjonathan at yahoo.ca

  Intended Features

        Main Feature Feature Status 
        GlosstoSign 

       Gloss to Sign Needs Work 

       Phrase to Sign Not yet implemented 

       Pass to Document Not yet implemented 

       Insert Gloss Not yet implemented 

       Change Gloss Not yet implemented 

       Keyboard Shortcuts Not yet implemented 

       Help Not yet implemented 

       Globalized Not yet implemented 
        ImageEditor 

       Crop Working 

       Convert to Black and White Working 

       Open/Save Image File Needs Work 

       Eraser Working 

       Resize Needs Work 

       Contrast Not yet implemented 

       Brightness Not yet implemented 

       Undo/Redo Working 

       Keyboard Shortcuts Not yet implemented 

       Help Not yet implemented 

       Globalized Not yet implemented 
        Import Export 

       Import SBML Working 

       Export SBML Working 

       Import SignText URL Working 

       Export SignText URL Working 

       Import TheSignWriterStudio Not yet implemented 

       Export ThSignWriterStudio Not yet implemented 

       Choose Gloss Language Working 

       Choose Dictionary Sign Language Working 

       Keyboard Shortcuts Not yet implemented 

       Help Not yet implemented 

       Globalized Not yet implemented 
        Options 

       Choose User Interface Language Working 

       Choose User Interface Sign Language Working 

       Choose First Gloss Language Working 

       Choose Second Gloss Language Working 

       Choose Dictionary Sign Language Working 

       Keyboard Shortcuts Not yet implemented 

       Help Not yet implemented 

       Globalized Not yet implemented 
        SignList 

       Add/Rename/Choose/Delete SignList  Needs Work 

       Add/Rename/Choose/Order/Delete SignList Sub Titles Working 

       Add/Choose/Delete SignList Sub Title Signs from Dictionary Working 

       Display Sign Working 

       Mark Signs not in any previous Sub Title Working 

       Print List Needs Work 

       Print Preview Needs Work 

       Export to Image File for Slide Show Not yet implemented 

       Keyboard Shortcuts Not yet implemented 

       Help Not yet implemented 

       Globalized Not yet implemented 
        SWDictionary 

       Search Bilingual Gloss Working 

       Search Unilingual Gloss Working 

       Add New Sign Working 

       Duplicate Sign Working 

       Edit SignWriting in SWEditor Working 

       Edit Image in ImageEditor Working 

       Import Working 

       Export Working 

       Copy/Paste SignWriting Not yet implemented 

       Copy/Paste Picture of Sign Copy implemented 

       Copy/Paste Photo Copy implemented 

       Sign Definition In Future version 

       Sign Example In Future version 

       Sign Parts-of-Speech In Future version 

       Sign Mnemonic In Future version 

       Keyboard Shortcuts Not yet implemented 

       Help Not yet implemented 

       Globalized Not yet implemented 
        SWDocument 

       Add/Edit SignWriting in SWEditor Working 

       Add Sign from Dictionary Working 

       Add/Edit Image in ImageEditor Working 

       Add Image from File Working 

       Remove Sign/Image Working 

       Move Sign/Image Working 

       Switch Sign Lanes Working 

       Edit Gloss Not yet implemented 

       Save Sign back to Dictionary Not yet implemented 

       Symbol and Sign Gloss tool tip  Working 

       Save/Load Document Not yet implemented 

       Import Working 

       Export Working 

       Print Not yet implemented 

       Print Preview Not yet implemented 

       Keyboard Shortcuts Not yet implemented 

       Help Not yet implemented 

       Globalized Not yet implemented 
        SWEditor 

       Add/Remove/Choose Favorite Symbol Working 

       Listing of all Symbol Groups Needs Work 

       Hand Shape Search Working 

       Add/Remove/Order Sequence Working 

       Hand Shape Rotation/Fill Chooser Working 

       Symbol Chooser  Working 

       Symbol Drag and Drop  Working 

       Multiple Symbol Selection Working 

       Move Symbol Above/Below Working 

       Duplicate Symbols Working 

       Change Symbol size Working 

       Change Symbol Color Working 

       Change Background Color Working 

       Copy Image of Sign Working 

       Copy/Paste SignWriting Not yet implemented 

       Add/Change Frames Working 

       Undo/Redo Working 

       Mouseless Writing Working 

       Keyboard Shortcuts Working 

       Help Not yet implemented 

       Globalized Not yet implemented 
        SWSearch 

       Exact Match Working 

       Group Match Not yet implemented 

       Fill Match Not yet implemented 

       Rotation Match Not yet implemented 

       Any Match Not yet implemented 

       Synonym Symbol in other plane Working 

       Sign Similarity Not yet implemented 

       Keyboard Shortcuts Working 

       Help Not yet implemented 

       Globalized Not yet implemented 
        SWQuizes 

       Multiple Choice SignWriting Not yet implemented 

       Multiple Choice Gloss Not yet implemented 

       Keyboard Shortcuts Not yet implemented 

       Help Not yet implemented 

       Globalized Not yet implemented 
        SWAnimation 

       SignWriting to Animation Files In Future version 

       Help In Future version 

       Globalized In Future version 
        SWAvatar 

       SignWriting to Avatar script In Future version 

       Help In Future version 

       Globalized In Future version 
        SWReceptive Expresive to Receptive In Future version 

  Operating systems

  Win98, XP, Vista.

  Requires .Net framework 2.0 or higher.

  Possible future version for Linux.

  Jonathan

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