deserve more

Wed Oct 22 06:08:24 UTC 2008

I have to agree with you. Both Val and Steve have done a lot for us  
and billions of people now and many more to come. Words of gratitude  
are not enough.

Adam

On Oct 21, 2008, at 10:36 PM, "mohammed abushaira" <m_abushaira at yahoo.com 
 > wrote:

> Hello Val & Steve
>  Great done. I wish you very happy life with your creative ISWA  
> 2008.and god blesses you for these long years of hard continuously  
> work >
> In fact words can not give what you deserve because you deserve more.
> You'll be mention as great people who come to this planet and when  
> he left it he left a sign , effect !
> Thanks
> Mohamed
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> 1. Re: ISWA 2008 Final & the PersonalPuddle (Valerie Sutton)
> 2. ANNOUNCING A NEW PUDDLE PRODUCT! (Valerie Sutton)
> From: "Valerie Sutton" <sutton at signwriting.org>
> To: "SignWriting List" <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:13:26 -0700
> Subject: Re: [sw-l] ISWA 2008 Final & the PersonalPuddle
>
> SignWriting List
> October 21, 2008
>
> Hello SignWriting List!
>
> And thank you Steve, for your message below. Thank you for the kind
> words. And thank you for collaborating with me, to make this historic
> moment possible.
>
> There are two big announcements today.
>
> FIRST...The International SignWriting Alphabet (ISWA 2008) is  
> official!
>
> The ISWA became the official symbolset for SignWriting around the
> world, yesterday, October 20, 2008!
>
> The ISWA is now installed in all SignPuddle software products. I will
> be reviewing all the SignPuddle products here on the SignWriting List
> over the next few days...
>
> The free online version of SignPuddle is used daily by hundreds of
> sign language users.
>
> When you use SignPuddle Online, you are using the ISWA 2008 symbols:
>
> SignPuddle Online
> http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle
>
> Most of you may not realize that you are using the ISWA, but you are.
> Whenever you use SignPuddle Online, it is there for you, in SignMaker
> and SignText.
>
> The ISWA is the culmination of my 35 years developing SignWriting. As
> you know, the first SignWriting document ever written was in 1974 at
> the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. SignWriting became my life's
> work from that moment on, and will be for the rest of my life.
>
> Without all of the wonderful SignWriting users around the world, of
> course SignWriting could not be what it is today....so THANK YOU to
> all of you, for your feedback and your use of the writing
> system...Your input has made the ISWA 2008 possible too.
>
> I hope my gift of the ISWA to the world will be useful for generations
> to come...
>
> I will announce the second announcement next message...it is new
> software for your desktop, called the PersonalPuddle.
>
> Thank you once again, Steve, for your remarkable software that made
> the ISWA 2008 official!
>
> Val ;-)
>
> Valerie Sutton
> Sutton at SignWriting.org
>
> ---------------
>
>
> On Oct 21, 2008, at 8:33 AM, Steve Slevinski wrote:
>
> > Hi list,
> >
> > The review period for the ISWA 2008 ended successfully yesterday.
> > Valerie will be announcing that the ISWA is final, as in finally
> > done and finished. There has been a lot of work on this latest
> > symbol set. I'm proud of the work that we've done together.
> >
> > This could be the final symbol set for SignWriting. If not forever,
> > then at least the next few years. With the new character encoding
> > model, this may be the symbol set that will be used with Unicode,
> > but that's a different story.
> >
> > SignPuddle Online already uses the ISWA 2008. Just last week I
> > finished a new desktop version of the PocketPuddle called the
> > PersonalPuddle for Windows and Mac. The installation has been
> > greatly simplified: just unzip and start the application. It works
> > the same as SignPuddle Online, except it doesn't require an Internet
> > connection. With the new SignPuddle export function, it is possible
> > to get a local copy of any of the online puddles to use offline at
> > any time.
> >
> > The PersonalPuddle is available for $100, the same price as the
> > PocketPuddle. Except for the rest of this month, the price has been
> > cut in half to $50 to celebrate the release of the ISWA 2008 Final.
> >
> > For the PocketPuddle users, they will be offered the PersonalPuddle
> > at not cost. They can contact me directly if they would like help
> > converting their existing IMWA data over to the ISWA.
> >
> > I am finishing the IMWA Conversion document and code. It will be
> > ready in the next couple of days.
> >
> > Let's all congratulate Valerie on her amazing work. This is a
> > historic day and I'm glad I was a part.
> >
> > Regards,
> > -Steve
>
> From: "Valerie Sutton" <sutton at signwriting.org>
> To: "SignWriting List" <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:31:00 -0700
> Subject: [sw-l] ANNOUNCING A NEW PUDDLE PRODUCT!
>
> SignWriting List
> October 21, 2008
>
> NEW SPECIAL FEATURE on SignWriting.org!
>
> Go to:
> http://www.SignWriting.org
>
>
> ANNOUNCING A NEW PUDDLE PRODUCT
>
> The PersonalPuddle: SignPuddle Desktop Software
> Write Sign Languages in SignWriting
> ...directly on your computer desktop...
> ...with or without an internet connection...
>
> For Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger & 10.5 Leopard.
> For Windows 95 through Vista.
> Linux version possible.
>
> You can download the software directly, or request a CD Package sent
> through postal mail.
>
> SPECIAL OFFER: In celebration of the new International SignWriting
> Alphabet (ISWA 2008), which became the official SignWriting symbolset
> on October 20th, 2008, we are offering the new PersonalPuddle software
> for half price! This special celebration discount will only last until
> November 1, 2008....To order, go to the SignWriting Shop: http://www.SignWriting.org/shop
>
> Questions? Post your questions to the List... ENJOY!! Steve and
> Val ;-)
>
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