[Sw-l] Multilingual sign dictionary with SignWriting

Tue Oct 4 22:31:22 UTC 2022

Hi Jonathan,

What country are you in?  I'm thinking that the site uses your location 
to determine what language to show.

-Steve

On 10/4/22 8:40 AM, Jonathan Duncan wrote:
>
> 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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