The SignWriter Studio software

Tue Nov 25 22:23:43 UTC 2008

SignWriting List
November 25, 2008

Hello Jonathan!
Thank you for this software development report...I like the name "The  
SignWriter Studio"!

And thank you for this very lofty list of goals for the software...It  
sounds like it will be a very useful tool...I know none of these  
features are easy to develop...I am glad you will be designing the  
software to coordinate with SignPuddle...

We really look forward to seeing your Beta version, Jonathan... Keep  
us informed!

And by the way, thank you for your Spanish icons for SignPuddle...they  
are installed now...You can see the Spanish icons in several Spanish- 
speaking SignPuddles, including Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Spain  
and so forth...I really appreciate it, that you took the time to do  
the translation into Spanish for us...I realize that each country  
might want to improve their icons later, to include signs from their  
countries, but nonetheless, having the words in Spanish right now is a  
great help to everyone!

Val ;-)

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> Jonathan wrote:
> 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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