[Sw-l] Multilingual sign dictionary with SignWriting

Tue Oct 4 13:40:22 UTC 2022

Hello Honza,

     When go to your site's page with my English computer I get this

However if I open the page with https://www.dictio.info/?lang=en
I get English

If I go back to https://www.dictio.info/  then it stays in English.

I hope that helps you programming efforts.
Jonathan
On 10/4/2022 3:22 AM, Honza Fikejs 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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