Kate's question about reading sequence...

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
February 7, 2010

Very interesting message, Jonathan - thank you for this input - and  
the Frames feature in SignWriter Studio is interesting...I never  
realized that compound signs were a problem...there are some compound  
signs that are now written as one sign with linking movement arrows  
between the two compounds...like daughter, which is really the  
combination of GIRL and BABY but became one sign:

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On Feb 6, 2010, at 7:26 PM, Jonathan wrote:

> Hi Kate,
>     I am the programmer of SignWriter Studio a SignWriting program  
> which is currently in Beta. I had contemplated extending my program  
> to export an avatar script and came to the conclusion that there  
> exists the following challenges to use SignWriting to control an  
> Avatar.
> 	? SignWriting was created for people to read and therefore does not  
> include information in the script explicitly as to what symbol  
> contacts what other symbol.  What symbol is a right or left hand,  
> which one starts the movement and which ends the movement.   
> SignWriter Studio records whether the symbol was written as a right  
> hand or a left hand making avatar analysis much easier and taking  
> some of the guess work out.
> 	? For compound signs, there is no easy way for a program to tell  
> each sign apart to do them one after another because they are all  
> written in the same signbox space.  I have addressed this problem in  
> SignWriter Studio with Frames.  Frames are a list of signbox  
> elements each one with a sign of the compound sign, thus separating  
> the signs so that programs can better analyze each individual sign  
> and not be as confused as to which right hand goes with which  
> movement and position symbols.
> 	? More timing information is needed to make an Avatar move smoothly.
> I feel SignWriting is the right place to start for writing gestures  
> for an avatar but more symbol order, linking  and timing information  
> would be required to make an avatar move correctly.  What Val  
> explained to you should be a good starting point for you to read and  
> understand SignWriting so that you can extend the symbols with the  
> additional information you will require to make your avatar work.
>
> Jonathan
>
> On 06/02/2010 6:13 PM, Kate Mc Nulty wrote:
>>
>> Dear Val
>>
>> I'm currently working on a project thats converts sign language  
>> that is written in SignWriting to sign language gestures using an  
>> avatar.
>> I am using the SWML as input to my system.
>> My question is that in a case whereby a sign is composed of  
>> multiple hand symbols, contact and movement symbols, How do I  
>> determine which hand symbols are signed first and what follows  
>> thereafter..
>> I've attached 3 examples of the above mentioned problem
>>
>> Also, in a sign that contains touch and movement symbol..
>> How can I determine whether touch and move..or move and touch
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Kate
>>
>>
>>
>>
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