[Sw-l] SignWriting Dictionaries Around The World

[Jonathan Duncan]

Hi everybody,

     Thanks for sharing Val, I can tell a lot of work went into to those 
dictionaries.  Did the signs survive the transition into SignPuddle?

Jonathan

On 1/20/2023 11:16 AM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
> SignWriting List
> January 20, 2023
>
> ASL Dictionaries in PDF
> https://www.signwriting.org/dictionaries/ASL.html
>
> Scan 001: English-ASL Dictionary scanned from a print-out in the early 
> 2000s,
> printed from the SignBank Database, a blend of different writers
> https://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs14/sw1303_SignWriting_ASL_Dictionary_Scan001.pdf
>
> Scan 002: English-ASL Dictionary scanned from a print-out in the mid-1990s
> printed from SignWriter DOS, written by the Deaf Action Committee for 
> SignWriting
> This dictionary became a notebook that was available in the Gallaudet 
> Bookstore for years.
> It was mentioned in the Deaf Perspectives on SignWriting Video Series, 
> Video 2.
> https://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs14/sw1304_SignWriting_ASL_Dictionary_SignWriterDOS_Scan002.pdf
>
> Val ;-)
>
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>> On Jan 19, 2023, at 12:48 PM, Valerie Sutton <sutton at SIGNWRITING.ORG> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello SignWriting List members!
>> I have been going over multiple scans of old documents that go back 
>> 20 or 30 years, some of them 50 years! Yes, I have to admit, I am 
>> getting old (smile). I am so fortunate to have worked with such 
>> wonderful skilled writers over so many years and I thank all of you 
>> for your contributions.
>>
>> I see my job now, as a retired 72-year-old, to make sure that all of 
>> the old documents are scanned and posted on the internet for history. 
>> I hope they will inspire future generations to write your sign 
>> languages, and gestures and mime, and to bring the concept of writing 
>> body movement, dance, and sign languages to the world.
>>
>> We are indeed fortunate to have the internet! I will be building 
>> several Internet Archive areas, with the help of many of you, and 
>> posting these old documents, for anyone to freely download and use.
>>
>> For right now, I am going over  scanned dictionaries from the 1980's 
>> - early 2000s, with the development of SignWriter Apple//e and 
>> Apple//c and SignWriter DOS, developed by Richard Gleaves, and then 
>> later we had a SignBank Database, developed by Todd Duell,  before I 
>> met Steve Slevinski and we began to work on SignPuddle. So in the 
>> early days there were quite a number of dictionaries, but they were 
>> mostly printed on paper on laser printers. This was before there were 
>> many PDFs. Most everything was printed on white paper on a laser 
>> printer...But some of those dictionaries now have to be scanned from 
>> the white laser printing into PDFs. A big but important job.
>>
>> So I am doing my best to inform you of these documents, one by one, 
>> as I post them on SignWriting.org 
>> <http://SignWriting.org>/dictionaries. Most of them are ASL, but some 
>> are from Mexico and Brazil and Spain. It is going to take me time. 
>> And then, when I have a good listing posted, Rich is going to help me 
>> post them on the Internet Archive too - so this is a fun project!
>>
>> Here is the one I posted today - From the SignBank Database:
>>
>> Scanned ASL Dictionaries from print-outs
>> https://www.signwriting.org/dictionaries/ASL.html
>>
>> Have a great day!
>>
>> Val ;-)
>
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