[Sw-l] Lessons in SignWriting — Interactive Edition

Fri Jun 26 05:35:08 UTC 2026

Thanks! I guess that is one misunderstanding on my part 😅
It is now removed from the book!

If you find anything else, please let me know

Amit

On Tue, Jun 23, 2026 at 8:26 PM Josenilson da Silva Mendes <jsm88b at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Olá, Amit e colegas da SW List!
>
> Escrevi alguns exemplos para ficar mais claro.
>
> Essa escrita abaixo está incorreta.
> [image: image.png]
> [image: image.png]
>
> Essas escritas abaixo estão corretas.
> [image: image.png]
> O movimento diagonal no plano chão segue a mesma regra.
>
> [image: image.png]
>
> 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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