[Sw-l] Multilingual sign dictionary with SignWriting

Wed Oct 5 01:17:18 UTC 2022

Hi Steve,

I'm in Honduras, so if it's being determined by location then it 
wouldn't work for me.  As the main language here is Spanish.

Jonathan

On 10/4/2022 4:31 PM, Stephen Slevinski wrote:
> 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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