[Sw-l] SignWriting used for Cued Speech in multiple languages

[Stephen Slevinski]

Wow Alexandra Racek,

It's great to see SignWriting used for Cued Speech.  I always thought it 
would be a good idea.

Lip reading is ambiguous because lip shapes can correspond to multiple 
sounds.  It requires context, memory, and mental flexibility to read lips.

Cued speech is great for lip reading because it adds a visual cue to 
eliminate the ambiguity between lip shape and sound.  Lip reading with 
cued speech contains all of the information needed to understand the 
language being communicated.

Thanks for creating and sharing!
-Steve


On 12/18/21 10:52 AM, Alexandra Racek wrote:
> Hi SW List,
>
> I just came across a document I made back in late 2018. I summarized 
> cued speech charts I could find online for multiple languages, and 
> wrote them in the SignWriting script (and the International Phonetic 
> Alphabet). I compiled this document to the best of my ability since I 
> do not know all of these languages. Let me know if you find any errors.
>
> /Cued Speech is a mode of communication which combines a small number 
> of simple hand cues with the natural mouth movements of speech to make 
> the sounds or “phonemes” of spoken language clear through vision 
> alone/ (definition taken from https://cuecollege.org/). It is a way of 
> making spoken languages accessible visually, but it is not a 
> replacement for sign languages. It is however a nice tool for bimodal 
> bilingualism.
>
> Attached are the summary of the cued speech charts in SignWriting 
> (PDF), and the SignMaker dictionary I used to write the symbols (text 
> file).
>
> *Alexandra Racek*, Quebec, Canada
> /LSQ (Quebec Sign Language) + ASL + French + English/
>
>
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