[Sw-l] Report from Steve's desk
Valerie Sutton
signwriting at MAC.COM
Sat Aug 1 19:37:06 UTC 2015
Thank you everyone for these messages. What are some of the viewers, Adam?
> On Aug 1, 2015, at 11:32 AM, Adam Frost <icemandeaf at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> That is the FSW code for SignWriting. If you are able to use a viewer of some sort for SignWriting, it would display SignWriting. Otherwise, it is just a display of the ASCII encoding.
>
> Adam
>
> On Aug 1, 2015, at 10:46 AM, André Thibeault <atg at VIDEOTRON.CA <mailto:atg at VIDEOTRON.CA>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Val and Steve,
>>
>> When Stefan posts his message on the SW list, why is this often happening below ?
>>
>> M558x548S30a00482x482S14c21473x522S14c20535x482S28909509x511S33e00482x482 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
>>
>>
>> De : Stefan Wöhrmann <stefanwoehrmann at GOOGLEMAIL.COM <mailto:stefanwoehrmann at GOOGLEMAIL.COM>>
>> Répondre à : "SignWriting List: Read and Write Sign Languages" <SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU <mailto:SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU>>
>> Date : Sat, 01 Aug 2015 16:58:08 +0200
>> À : <SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU <mailto:SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU>>
>> Objet : AW: Report from Steve's desk
>>
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> yes --very glad to hear from you ..and yes I enjoyed the symposium ..and there have been quite a few I could not follow ..So I am interested to look at the videos again and to ask for more information.
>>
>> As you already know I startet with the "Rand-Keyboard" Prensentation ..and thanks to Yair`s kind support I am on my way to get more familiar with that although there is still a long way to go to really understand..smile
>>
>>
>> My question to you about FSW:
>>
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>>
>>
>> As far as I understand ...Your development of FSW - Data allows people in the future to post messages written in SignWriting on any (??) website on the Internet once the Unicode symbols are ...what? People do not longer have to open these documents in a special SignWriting Program but can look at nicely presented SignWriting notations. Is that correct?
>>
>> I personally like the freedom to create documents with different workflows ...So to type directly with the "Rand-Keyboard" would be fun. On the other hand I do have a lot of practice and therefore this method is pretty effective, I look for a program that "translates" search-words by SignWriting-Entries...and look whether YOU opened the option to copy the FSW data.
>> Can you please explain..what are the methods at the moment to get this kind of Data?
>>
>> As far as I know:
>>
>> 1) "Rand-Keyboard"
>> 2) SignMaker 2015
>> 3) SignPuddle (Dictionary)
>> M602x606S2d320454x528S35000398x484S20300437x548S20300433x565S37806403x573S37806452x556S34700428x484S36100458x484S35d04505x482S34c00535x482S33b00566x482S10011558x576S10019534x576S10031558x533S10039531x533S2d606578x559S2d61e515x561
>>
>> 4) SignPuddle Literature Dictionary (love that !!)
>>
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>>
>>
>> Last question ..do not feel pushed...You think some time the wonderful SignMail option will work again??
>>
>> All best
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: SignWriting List: Read and Write Sign Languages [mailto:SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU <mailto:SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU>] Im Auftrag von Stephen E Slevinski Jr
>> Gesendet: Samstag, 1. August 2015 16:27
>> An: SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU <mailto:SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU>
>> Betreff: Report from Steve's desk
>>
>> Hi SignWriting list,
>>
>> I hope everyone enjoyed the symposium this year. I enjoyed every
>> presentation I understood, and even the ones I didn't. I look forward
>> to the English translations.
>>
>> In the past 3 weeks, I have created 5 presentations. I was only
>> supposed to create 2 for the symposium, but new topics kept coming up
>> and I was in the groove.
>>
>> Please feel free to contact me on the list or privately about any of
>> these presentations.
>>
>>
>> ------------------------
>> The SignWriting Stack 2015
>> http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0043.html <http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0043.html>
>>
>> This is a general overview of the technologies related to SignWriting
>> and the best practices for online use and development.
>>
>>
>> -----------------------------------
>> The Use and Structure of SignMaker 2015
>> http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0049.html <http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0049.html>
>>
>> SignMaker is an amazing sign editor and dictionary. SignMaker
>> highlights many of the advantages to the Formal SignWriting design. The
>> searching possible and the huge sorted dictionaries make me smile.
>>
>> I have it on my desktop and use it to view/edit whatever Formal
>> SignWriting strings I see. I smiled when I saw Stefan's name sign
>> appear in well formed FSW.
>>
>> For an even deeper analysis of the FSW, I use the sw10js API page. API
>> stands for application programming interface. On the API page, you can
>> analyze symbol keys, FSW strings, and query strings.
>> http://slevinski.github.io/sw10js/api.html <http://slevinski.github.io/sw10js/api.html>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------
>> SignWriting in an ASCII World
>> http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0049.html <http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0049.html>
>>
>> This presentation goes in depth into the ASCII markups and definitions.
>> It explains the small subset of Regular Expressions that SignWriting
>> leverages for definition and searching.
>>
>> SignWriting data has been stable in Formal SignWriting since January 12,
>> 2012 in ASCII. The ASCII implementation is half the size of an
>> equivalent Unicode solution. It is 4 times faster to process ASCII than
>> the equivalent Unicode.
>>
>>
>> -----------------------------------
>> What about Unicode? (Part 1)
>>
>> Issues with SignWriting in Unicode 8
>> http://www.slideshare.net/StephenSlevinski/sign-writing-in-unicode-8-issues <http://www.slideshare.net/StephenSlevinski/sign-writing-in-unicode-8-issues>
>>
>> I haven't seriously considered Unicode since 2011. We have different
>> ideas. The history of the Unicode 8 proposal and a detailed analysis
>> can be found in this presentation.
>>
>> I was fortunate to be able to attend a Unicode Technical Committee just
>> this past week. It was a group of about a dozen experts in script
>> encoding, linguistics, and character encoding. Everyone introduced
>> themselves by their name and then the company, such as MicroSoft, Apple,
>> Google, IBM, Adobe, ...
>>
>> I was proud to introduce myself as Steve Slevinski, Center for Sutton
>> Movement Writing. Val made this trip possible. Thanks Val.
>>
>> I was informed that there are at least 2 people working on SignWriting:
>> one at MicroSoft and one at Google. They will be using the tools I've
>> provided to implement their solution. They don't know how to do it, so
>> they were interested in my work and grateful for the information I have
>> provided.
>>
>> Over 2 days, I was able to present 4 different times. I used the above
>> slideshow twice on the first day. We argued and discussed and I earned
>> their respect.
>>
>> I was able to explain my issues with SignWriting in Unicode 8. They now
>> agree that the Unicode 8 proposal is insufficient and has serious issues.
>>
>>
>> -----------------------------------
>> What about Unicode? (Part 2)
>>
>> Thanks to the UTC
>> http://www.slideshare.net/StephenSlevinski/thanks-to-the-utc <http://www.slideshare.net/StephenSlevinski/thanks-to-the-utc>
>>
>> After the first day, I rushed back to the hotel and prepared a second
>> slideshow. It's much shorter, but there are several powerful slide that
>> silenced and room and one person exclaimed. "Wow. That's huge." (slide
>> 6). This slide was the turning point.
>>
>> Now there is another Unicode expert who is interested in working on
>> SignWriting. They asked that I provide several examples in my various
>> formats: PNG image, Formal SignWriting, PUA Plane 15, and PUA Plane
>> 16. They admitted that we do things with SignWriting that they can not
>> do with Unicode. I told them that we are in production; we can write
>> every sign language and any facial expression today.
>>
>> They agreed to seriously consider my proposals. Because we have such a
>> large set of data, they agreed to the idea of 1) being able to convert
>> from FSW to a future Unicode design and 2) being able to convert back to
>> FSW from the future Unicode design.
>>
>> Full speed ahead with Formal SignWriting. 3 1/2 years of stability and
>> forward compatibility with Unicode 9, 10, 11 or whenever we have a
>> workable Unicode solution.
>>
>> So the Unicode process has been successfully rebooted. Unicode 8 is
>> fine to use for prototyping, and this is what the big corporations
>> needed to begin using SignWriting, but Unicode 8 for SignWriting needs
>> major revisions and additional work. They could simply adopt my work,
>> but they are uncomfortable with freeform 2-dimensional creation of signs.
>>
>> We who use SignWriting are playing the long game. We still have first
>> generation writers. Imagine the written sign language world when we
>> have several generations with the tradition of writing!
>>
>> I plan to write a more detailed blog for Gerard about the future ofsign
>> language Wikipedia projects and how Unicode fits into the design.
>>
>> Now I'm going on a weeks vacation.
>>
>> Regards,
>> -Steve
>>
>> ________________________________________________
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