[Sw-l] Request from Brazilian LIBRAS writer for Fingerspeller for LIBRAS

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
March 12, 2015

Thank you very much, Steve, for this detailed answer. I will inform the person who asked the question…

You have the listing of the alphabet for LIBRAS right now, in SignPuddle:

Two ways to find it:

http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/searchword.php?ui=12&sgn=46&sid=8,65,67,77,80,84,95,104,141,156,198,247,254,256,258,260,264,265,266,276,386,387,388,389,390,441,442,443,444,445,446,447,448,449,665,666,3245,3302,3306&sTrm=%2Aalfabeto&type=any&sTxt=&sSrc=&


or… go to:

Brazilian Sign Language Dictionary
http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/index.php?ui=12&sgn=46

and Search by Words for:

*alfabeto

under Terms…

The entire alphabet is listed for us…This was done by Brazilian writers.

Thank you so much to the writers!

I know you are very busy finishing SignMaker 2015, Steve, for iPhones and iPads and computers, so of course finish that first - but then later if you can help us with the LIBRAS Fingerspeller that will be terrific -

Many thanks -

Val ;-)

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> On Mar 12, 2015, at 7:16 AM, Stephen E Slevinski Jr <slevin at signpuddle.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Val,
> 
> The process to create a new fingerspelling option is a two step process.  Step 1) create a list of letters and the associated FSW strings.  Step 2) properly center the FSW strings so that the constructed fingerspellings will properly align.
> 
> Step 1 needs to be done by someone who knows the target language. Primarily, they need to create the entries in SignPuddle for all of the fingerspelling letters.  After that, they can point me to the correct puddle/entries, or they can help me and compile the list for me like the examples below.
> 
> The FingerSpelling feature of SignPuddle uses a simple text file per set.  Here are the first 3 lines for ASL:
> A,M507x507S1f720487x492
> B,M507x507S14720493x485
> C,M508x507S16d20491x487
> 
> The Germain Sign Language is interesting because it has letter combinations for SS and SCH:
> SS,M526x508S20320492x492S26506511x494
> SCH,M512x507S14c20489x476
> 
> 
> Step 2 is more involved and usually takes me an hour or two.  Each FSW string needs to be re-centered so that the center of the palm is the center of the sign.  I created a simple page that helps me re-center the signs.
> http://signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/fingercross.php?ui=1&sgn=4
> 
> For each letter, paste in the FSW string and adjust the horizontal and vertical offsets accordingly.  Once the sign is properly re-centered, copy the new FSW string and paste it into a text file.
> 
> After the text file has been created with all of the re-centered signs, I can install it on SignPuddle online and it will be available in the FingerSpelling feature.
> 
> Here are the current FingerSpelling files available.
> http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/data/sgn/4.fngr
> http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/data/sgn/28.fngr
> http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/data/sgn/53.fngr
> 
> Regards,
> -Steve
> 
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