[Sw-l] Lessons in SignWriting — Interactive Edition

Fri Jun 26 18:10:43 UTC 2026

Hi Amit,
Thank you for all your hard work!
I can help clarify the signs for ISL's "friend" and ASL's "husband".
First, could you send me videos of the Israeli sign for "friend"?
Curious me,
Anna :-)

On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 1:35 AM Amit Moryossef <amitmoryossef at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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