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Antonio Carlos da Rocha Costa Date: Thu Aug 19, 1999 8:01 pm Subject: Re: sign writing principles? | ||||||||
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> I think the >query is better phrased: "What are the characteristics that make writing a >sign language EASIER than writing spoken languages in roman letters?" Yes and no. I feel the question originally meant writing signs in a computer. Today's computer technology makes it much easier to write spoken languages in roman letters (just use the keyboard). But it is a little more dificult to write spoken languages in other alfabets. Look, for instance, the present effort made by computer manufacturers to get better position in the japanese, chinese and arab markets by looking for better means to edit texts in computers in those languages. To me, there seems to be no basic technical difficulty to use computers with sign languages writen in HamNoSys (it uses a linear representation of simple characters). SignWriting, on the other hand, requires graphical resources and easy ways of making them available to the computer user. Answering the original question: to me, there is no fundamental dificulty in making computers interact in sign languages writen in SignWriting. It's just a matter of producing useful softwares and practical interfaces (which doesn't means its a simple matter...). Antonio Carlos | ||||||||
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