[Sw-l] Lessons in SignWriting — Interactive Edition

[Amit Moryossef]

Hi Josenilison,

My name sign is:
[image: image.png]
It was given to me in Israeli sign language, and the meaning is "friend"
(my name Amit means friend)
In ASL this is closer to "husband", but for me, not yet ;)

Thanks for the feedback - I am not sure what you mean regarding the hands
moving separately.
I attach a video of what I am seeing:
https://supercut.ai/share/rylo/BViSj30xRQ0AB5CjWLFAgt
When choosing the right hand, only that hand moves. Choosing "left", only
moves left. Choosing "both" moves both.
I rotated the person slightly so it looks a bit more correct.

All the best,
Amit




On Tue, Jun 23, 2026 at 12:35 AM Josenilson da Silva Mendes <
jsm88b at gmail.com> wrote:

> Que trabalho maravilhoso, Amit!
>
> Já vou divulgar no nosso grupo de escrita de sinais do Brasil. Com certeza
> vai ajudar muito os aprendizes iniciantes.
>
> Gostaria de saber como é seu personal sign in ASL. O meu você pode ver em
> minha foto do perfil no Gmail.
>
> Você pediu para apontar correções. Bem, aí nessa imagem da animação 3d, as
> mãos estão se movendo separadas e em paralelo, sem sobreposição dos
> movimentos. A seta não corresponde à ortografia do sistema. A animação
> precisa ser alterada para evitar confundir o aprendiz.
> [image: image.png]
>
> Saudações.
>
> Josenilson Mendes
>
>
> Em seg., 22 de jun. de 2026 às 11:54, Valerie Sutton <
> sutton at signwriting.org> escreveu:
>
>> SignWriting List
>> June 22, 2026
>>
>> Hello Amit!
>> Thank you for this wonderful gift. And thank you Adam for all the work
>> you have done on this book. And thanks to Lucinda and Kevin as well.
>>
>> This is an exciting new development!
>>
>> Val 😊
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jun 22, 2026, at 4:52 AM, Amit Moryossef <amitmoryossef at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> When I first started learning SignWriting, I came across the *Lessons in
>> SignWriting* book. It is a wonderful resource, but as a beginner—and
>> without any background in ASL at the time—I struggled to fully understand
>> it.
>>
>> The book could show me SignWriting, but I wanted to see the pages come
>> alive. I wanted to see people signing, understand how the written forms
>> corresponded to real movement, and explore the symbols interactively.
>>
>> Over the past few months, I have been working on a new version of the
>> book, which I call the *Interactive Edition*. It aims to remain mostly
>> faithful to the original material while adding interactive elements:
>>
>>    - Hover over most signs to watch Adam sign them.
>>    - Hover over handshapes to see the corresponding real hand.
>>    - Hover over many other SignWriting symbols to view example videos.
>>    - Use the 3D viewer to understand how movement arrows represent
>>    motion in three dimensions.
>>    - *Practice* reading, and writing, with games sprinkled throughout.
>>
>> You can explore it here:
>> https://research.sign.mt/lessons-in-signwriting/
>>
>> I made a walkthrough video explaining it
>> https://supercut.ai/share/rylo/7F83XmIEOSlxO5Rw5kdeRH
>>
>> I hope you find it a useful extension of the original material. The
>> project is open source and available here:
>> https://github.com/sign-language-processing/lessons-in-signwriting Contributions,
>> corrections, and suggestions are very welcome. The goal is to create a
>> resource that clearly presents the full system and is useful to both new
>> learners and experienced SignWriting users.
>>
>> As always, this work would not have been possible without the previous
>> work, and contributions of many people—especially Valerie, Adam, Steve,
>> Lucinda, and Kevin.
>>
>> Best,
>> Amit
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