[Sw-l] Lessons in SignWriting — Interactive Edition

Tue Jun 23 18:26:08 UTC 2026

Olá, Amit e colegas da SW List!

Escrevi alguns exemplos para ficar mais claro.

Essa escrita abaixo está incorreta.
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Essas escritas abaixo estão corretas.
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O movimento diagonal no plano chão segue a mesma regra.

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Josenilson Mendes

Em ter., 23 de jun. de 2026 às 04:58, Amit Moryossef <
amitmoryossef at gmail.com> escreveu:

> 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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