[Sw-l] How do you write SW as fast as script writing for spoken languages?

[Adam Frost]

This has always been an interesting discussion for me. :-)

I never really learned SignWriting shorthand as it was designed and used originally. I did talk about it with Valerie quite extensively, though. She had told me that the handbook you are referring to needed to be updated if it were to be used because the system has gone through a lot of changes since it has been in use. That is probably why it isn’t available for download.

Carlos sent you a link to a presentation that I did on this topic. It is a good place to start, but even my handwriting has changed since then since it is coming up on 10 years since. Wow! I guess I should look at how I handwrite now and document it somehow. I know that there are a lot of symbol changes for faster writing, for one.

I have also been doing a lot of dictionary sorting lately so I have been writing by SignSpellingSequence. I have often wondered if it were to become established and commonly used if inputing solely by SignSpellingSequence would be a fast way to write as well. It makes it easy for writing, but makes reading very difficult as it loses all visual aspect of SignWriting, so I am not so sure if it is a good thing to consider. Ha!

I have also been testing out various approaches to make it so I can write fewer symbols, including the use of timing symbols in a new way, but I haven’t really gotten to a place where I am satisfied that it works well. I know that I mentioned it in the presentation I gave in 2014 and it has been picked up by others around the world, but I haven’t really used it much myself.


Adam

> On Mar 19, 2022, at 2:36 AM, Sutthikhun Phaengphongsai <suttikunep at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Thank you for your answer and the link you provided, Carlos!
> 
> Sutthikhun
> 
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 at 23:56, Ms. AnnaGrace <msannagrace20 at gmail.com <mailto:msannagrace20 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I was thinking about shorthand too! 
> 
> Thank you, Carlos, for the link. :-)
> 
> AnnaGrace
> 
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 12:19 PM Carlos Cristian Libras <carloscristianlibras at gmail.com <mailto:carloscristianlibras at gmail.com>> wrote:
> I make daily use of SW in shorthand.
> I took a part of Adam presentation from the link -
> https://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0003.html#abstract <https://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0003.html#abstract>
> 
> Another friend from Ethiopia also made some cursive hand shapes, which I copied. Some forms I invented myself to facilitate my registration.
> Last month I did a translation that I will record a video in ASL and before recording I wrote everything with SW shorthand, and then I recorded it. So I use it daily, and I know many others around the world use it too.
> 
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 10:30 AM Sutthikhun Phaengphongsai <suttikunep at gmail.com <mailto:suttikunep at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi everyone in SW List! Let me ask you something —
> Is SW shorthand still in use nowadays? I remember SW used to have a handbook for writing shorthand as well, unfortunately I can't find a link to download it.
> Do you usually apply SW shorthand in your writing? If not, how do you write as fast as script writing for spoken languages? Writing with SW, in my opinion, is a hybrid between sketching and writing, which makes it too slow to write if you want to take quick notes.
> Thank you ;)
> Sutthikhun
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