ANNOUNCING: International SignWriting Alphabet 2008

Fri Sep 26 17:15:09 UTC 2008

Valerie Sutton wrote:
> SignWriting List
> September 26, 2008
>
> Hello Jonathan and Everyone!
>
> Thank you for this message and for your kind words. Steve did an 
> amazing job with the automatic conversion. People are writing full 
> documents with the ISWA 2008 in the past week, since we converted over 
> to the ISWA, without a problem, as if it was always there for them. I 
> am very glad that we installed the ISWA into the current version of 
> SignPuddle 1.5, so that we will be using the same ISWA for both the 
> current software, and the new 2.0 version later...
>
> Actually I am planning to write a Third Edition of the Lessons in 
> SignWriting Textbook, that will coordinate with the ISWA 2008 symbols. 
> I know it is needed, but I haven't started that project yet.
>
> Adam Frost just completed the animated GIFs for Group 1: Index Finger, 
> but I still need to post those new animated GIFs. Thank you, Adam!
>
> Regarding Group 6: Baby Finger, which you mention below, Jonathan...
>
> Group 6 was always called Baby Finger...for at least a decade, so you 
> just didn't realize before. But I can totally understand your point 
> about so many unusual handshapes grouped together in Group 6...
>
> Group 6 technically has many "sub-groups". The human hand has so many 
> potential positions, and we were trying to just have 10 groups of 
> hands in total...so Group 6 is the umbrella for several handshape 
> configurations...all involving the Baby Finger in some way...
>
Hi Val,
    I hadn't realized that group 6 has been called Baby Finger all 
along.  I guess I just remembered that each of the hand groups go by the 
ASL numbers from 1 to 10.  But now that I realize that their official 
names are a bit different, it all makes more sense to me.
    Thanks for the explanation

Jonathan
> I will be happy to explain this better next message...
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> Thanks for writing -
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> Val ;-)
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> On Sep 26, 2008, at 6:41 AM, Jonathan wrote:
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>> Hi Val,
>>     Congratulations on the new ISWA 2008!!! :-)
>> This is certainly good news.  Nice to see that we have finally 
>> arrived at the point of starting to use the ISWA 2008!!!!  :-)         
>>     I was also surprised that see that you made modifications just 
>> recently to the ISWA and already have most of the documentation 
>> ready!!  Wow!!!  :-) 
>> Also that you are doing things in steps to make sure it works right 
>> and fine tune any more symbols before it´s definitely finished.  
>> That´s great!!!
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>>     I have just been looking over some of the documentation yesterday 
>> morning before I got back to transcription.  The information is very 
>> interesting and chuck full of love.
>>    
>>     I like the descriptions you put on the Category one groups.  They 
>> are clearer.  I used to find it hard to figure out why the "i" hand 
>> would be under group 6 as the thumb is not part of the "i" hand.  I 
>> used to have the same problem with the "y" hand because the thumb and 
>> baby finger weren't touching and I was failling to see why I should 
>> find them in group 6.  But with group six being the "Baby Finger" 
>> group it is much clearer.
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>> Thanks once again for ISWA 2008
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> Valerie Sutton wrote:
>>> SignWriting List
>>> September 19, 2008
>>>
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *ANNOUNCING Release Candidate 1*
>>> *International SignWriting Alphabet (ISWA 2008)*
>>>
>>> Free to use under the
>>> *SIL Open Font License (OFL)*
>>> http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL 
>>> <http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL>
>>>
>>> The ISWA 2008 was installed into SignPuddle Online on
>>> September 18, 2008, to be tested before final release in 1 month.
>>>
>>> To test the ISWA 2008, use SignPuddle Online:
>>>
>>> *SignPuddle Online*
>>> http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/
>>>
>>> Your feedback is welcome!
>>>
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>>> Also, the ISWA 2008 is posted here:
>>> *
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>>> SymbolBank Archive: ISWA 2008
>>> http://www.movementwriting.org/symbolbank/
>>>
>>> Search ISWA Database Online
>>> http://www.signbank.org/swis/data.php
>>>
>>> SignWriting Image Server, SWIS Beta 4
>>> http://www.signbank.org/swis/
>>>
>>> ISWA 2008 Reference Manual & Links
>>> http://www.movementwriting.org/symbolbank/ISWA/
>>>
>>> Download ISWA Symbols in PNG Format in Folders
>>> http://www.movementwriting.org/symbolbank/ISWA/downloads.html
>>>
>>> *ISWA Symbol Lessons* (under construction)
>>> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/iswa/
>>>
>>>
>>> Val ;-)
>>>
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>>> Valerie Sutton
>>> Sutton at SignWriting.org <mailto:Sutton at SignWriting.org>
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