[Sw-l] Brainstorming, what sofware for Signwriting could I write that would make people feel good about themselves.

[Amit Moryossef]

I think a language-teaching tool is a very interesting option.
However, one important part of language learning is "production" - and at
the moment we can't look at a video and automatically transcribe it, so the
app wouldn't be able to give feedback. Of course, this can be solved given
the resources :)

And while asking someone to transcribe a video is possible, I feel like it
tends more towards "expert" work.
Any language learning app will need to design for SignWriting since the
"text" is not just linear, and the line heights are not always predictable.

Glad to talk about this further if there's a concrete idea!

Amit

On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 6:49 PM Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org>
wrote:

> SignWriting List
> May 26, 2023
>
> Hello everyone, and thank you Suzanne for this brainstorming idea -
>
> I can see that Duolingo is a wonderful program for teaching and learning
> spoken languages - and I agree it is a wonderful idea to have such a
> program for learning, reading and writing sign languages too - but the
> software for sign languages, using SignWriting, is still under development
> - but it will come …
>
> I immediately thought of Amit Moryossef’s work when I read your message,
> Suzanne, and Amit just posted the next message - so let’s read what Amit
> has to say! See you next message -
>
> Val ;-)
>
> _________
>
>
> On May 26, 2023, at 1:37 AM, Suzanne Pach <suzannepach at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Just to add a bit to the brainstorming :) It is great of course to create
> new products, but I wondered, has anyone ever contacted Duolingo (or a
> similar app) to ask if they are interested in adding a sign language to
> their curriculum using SignWriting? I have no idea about the technical
> limitations of Duolingo, but I really like it as a user and it is very
> well-known. I just had a little go at learning Arabic on Duolingo and it
> starts with teaching you the alphabet. In a similar way it could start
> teaching you how SignWriting works and next use SignWriting to teach you
> the actual sign language (like ASL).
>
> Have a nice day!
> Suzanne
>
> On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 1:06 PM Jonathan Duncan <joyoduncan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>      I would like you input brainstorming, what app for SignWriting
>> could I write that would make people feel good about themselves.  Before
>> I've focused more on what I thought would be useful, or what I wanted to
>> have myself for SignWriting.  But now I want to explore abit more on the
>> emotional side of things.  I could be people in the Deaf community,
>> their family, friends, employers or any other group of people related to
>> SignWriting.
>>
>>
>> Please send me all of your crazy ideas too.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>
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