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Valerie Sutton Date: Wed Apr 21, 1999 3:39 pm Subject: Swiss-German SignWriter | |
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April 21, 1999 Dear SW List - For the past two days I have been working on the new Swiss-German version of the SignWriter Computer Program. Researchers in Basel, Switzerland, translated all of the messages that appear on the screen into German for me. So yesterday, I "entered" those German messages and commands into the SignWriter Computer Program. So now, when people purchase the complete SignWriter program, they will be able to switch to any of 9 spoken languages: Danish, English, French, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish...and now German. I also created a new Fingerspelling Keyboard for Swiss-German Sign Language. I based it on illustrations of Swiss-German Fingerspelling that the Swiss researchers sent me. They informed me, however, that not every person in Switzerland uses the same fingerspelling system, so this is just one possible version. We can always include other Fingerspelling keyboards for Switzerland too, later, if necessary. Plus, when entering the SignWriting symbols, I was not sure of three movements that were pictured in the illustrations they sent me, so I had to guess at the movements. Therefore I consider the Swiss-German Fingerspelling Keyboard only a "rough draft". I have sent it to Switzerland, and I hope to improve the keyboard with their input. The 15 countries now included in SignWriter have "country codes". Swiss-German is country code 041. In SignWriter, you can switch from country to country, by changing country codes under "Setup" in the opening menu. For those of you who have purchased the SignWriter Computer Program and are registered users, no matter what version you have, I will be happy to update you with new disks for no charge. That will give you the 9 spoken languages and the 15 fingerspelling keyboards. For those of you who have downloaded the shareware...the shareware is only for English and ASL, so there is no update for the shareware. While I was typing German words and Swiss-German Fingerspelling yesterday, I received a long fax from the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was from a linguist at the Taipei City Government, who is recording Taiwan Sign Language! He ordered our books and computer program. It was a very "international' day! Hmmm...I wonder what Taiwanese Fingerspelling looks like ? :-) Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org The DAC, Deaf Action Committee for SW Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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