[Sw-l] [SPAM] Re: [SW-L] signEditor

[Uta Meißner]

Hi Steve,

I have installed signMaker 2017 on my computer and I put the file
"alphabet-gsg.js" in "signmaker-gh-pages\config\alphabet".

Unfortunately, I only get "ISWA 2010" to choose from for "Alphabet". How do
I get the file "alphabet-gsg.js" recognized and displayed?

Thanks!
Uta



On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 11:05 PM Uta Meißner <uta.hielscher at gmail.com> wrote:

> oh, thank you very much.
>
> If I want to write a new sign, I can all symbols?
>
> Only if I want to find a sign, there are not all symbols available? Right?
>
> Greetings Uta
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 10:45 PM Stephen Slevinski <slevin at signpuddle.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 2/9/22 10:11 AM, Uta Meißner wrote:
>>
>> @Steve I have seen that for DGS not all symbols are used. There was
>> probably someone who made decisions. Can it be revised?
>>
>>
>> If you are talking about the SignMaker symbol palette, this is based on
>> the symbols that are used in the respective dictionary.  If the symbol
>> isn't used in the dictionary, it is not available in the respective
>> alphabetic subset. The subsets are regenerated every night.
>>
>> - the grouping of hand shapes by numbers in ASL is not suitable for DGS I
>> think. I have observed that many always had to search for a long time for a
>> hand shape. That's why we decided not to have a group and show all 30
>> phonemes (main handshapes) right away. We just didn't find a better
>> grouping that we are satisfied with.
>>
>>
>> For SignMaker, it is possible to restructure the symbol palette.  Here is
>> the one for German Sign Language.
>> http://signbank.org/signmaker/config/alphabet/alphabet-gsg.js
>>
>> If you look inside, you'll see entries like this:
>>
>>  S10000: ["S10000", "S10110", "S10210", "S10310", "S10410", "S10510", "S10610", "S10710", "S10a10", "S10b10", "S10c10"],
>>
>> So the first entry in the symbol palette is "S10000".  The array contains the symbols you can find in that group.  If you wanted to restructure this group, you could create a new object with different top levels and different arrays underneath.
>>
>> -Steve
>>
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