[Sw-l] Multilingual sign dictionary with SignWriting

Tue Oct 4 10:31:40 UTC 2022

Dear Honza,

 The site did not set the interface language automatically for me. However,
maybe it is because
Malta is a tiny island. Here, English would be chosen.

Cheers
Marie

On Tue, 4 Oct 2022 at 11:23, Honza Fikejs <honza.fikejs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Steve, Val and the list!
>
> I am very glad, you have written about the dictionary, we have been
> working on for almost 20 years now on Masaryk University (Brno, Czechia)!
> It contains several spoken and several sign languages that are important
> for people living in central europe.
> I believe I have already shared some details about this project in the
> past, but this way of sharing makes me more happy.
>
> The reason why we use SignWriting besides videos is that once you know a
> basics of SignWriting, you don't have to play each video to get an overview
> of the content.
>
> I will be glad if you have any feedback about the site or content.
> Anyway if you open the site http://dictio.info for the first time, do you
> get the english interface or not?
> The site should set the interface language automatically depending on your
> location.
>
> Honza
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 6:22 PM Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org>
> wrote:
>
>> SignWriting List
>> September 27, 2022
>>
>> Hi Steve -
>> I am so glad you re-explained this to me and everyone here on the
>> SignWriting List. This is a major accomplishment, Steve, giving others the
>> chance to work with SignWriting in a new and better way. Thank you for this
>> development.
>>
>> So for those who are creating your own sites and programs, Steve has
>> developed tools for you to use that make it faster and also more
>> standardized around the world… if I understand it correctly, this new
>> dictionary site is using:
>>
>> the Sutton SignWriting packages
>> which help people develop new applications for SignWriting.
>>
>> Go to:
>> https://www.sutton-signwriting.io/#production
>>
>> Steve explains below its benefits -
>>
>> So glad programmers and designers have found your new work, Steve!
>>
>> Val ;-)
>>
>> ------------
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 27, 2022, at 8:47 AM, Stephen Slevinski <slevin at SIGNPUDDLE.NET>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Val,
>>
>> The dictionary is beautiful, I agree.  I was looking a little deeper into
>> the site and I was happy to see that they are using
>> the @sutton-signwriting/font-db package.
>> * https://sign.dictio.info
>>
>> The major benefit of using this package is that they can add
>> new SignWriting using text rather than having to create and upload
>> new images.  In a practical sense, the sign I linked in my original message
>> requires 0.086 KB of text opposed to an 8 KB image.  The images are
>> generated as needed, so any sign that can be written with Formal
>> SignWriting in ASCII (FSW) is possible.
>>
>> I'm glad the new Sutton SignWriting packages are helping people develop
>> new applications for SignWriting.
>> * https://www.sutton-signwriting.io/#production
>>
>> Very cool!
>> -Steve
>>
>>
>> _________
>>
>>
>> On 9/27/22 10:09 AM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
>>
>> SignWriting List
>> September 27, 2022
>>
>> Hi Steve and everyone!
>>
>> This is a beautiful new dictionary using video and SignWriting to write
>> the videos, and I believe this is from Masaryk University, which is in the
>> Czech Republic… Thank you to everyone invovled. It is gorgeous. Thanks
>> Steve for telling us about it…
>>
>> Here is a screen capture of one of the screens
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Val ;-)
>>
>> __________
>>
>>
>> On Sep 27, 2022, at 6:40 AM, Stephen Slevinski <slevin at SIGNPUDDLE.NET
>> > wrote:
>>
>> Hi SignWriting List,
>>
>> Interesting site I found yesterday that uses SignWriting:
>> https://www.dictio.info
>>
>> It is a "Multilingual dictionary focused on sign languages" with 158,357
>> entries and 53,970 translations.  Reading the about page, it's been around
>> for many years.
>>
>> Looking at the SignWriting images, they are using Formal SignWriting in
>> ASCII and the style string.  Very cool.
>>
>> https://sign.dictio.info/fsw/sign/png/M531x653S16c26510x588S2880d505x618S2880b507x567S14c20487x532S18520480x638S34c00482x483-CG_white_
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -Steve
>>
>>
>>
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