SignWriting List Forum| Message 3303 | Previous | Next [ Up Thread ] | Message Index |
|
SignWriting List Forum |
|||
|
|
From:
Bonnie Collins Date: Wed Apr 26, 2000 8:22 pm Subject: Re: Reading Manuals | ||||||||||||
|
Stefan, The only manual I have right now is the one I printed out from the shareware download. From what I have read of the manual I think you are right though you can go through the manual no matter what skill level you have with Sign Writing. I cannot transcribe signed discourse from video. I have tried many times but it is really becomes a study in how well I can use the VCR's 'rewind' and 'pause' buttons. I have had success transcribing from CD though. I just blow up the movie clip (Quicktime) to the size of the monitor (it is a big monitor) and then advance manually. Then I transcribe using Sign Writing or another system depending on the parameter that I want to examine. Of course again I am using paper and pencil to do this. For Sign Writing I usually print out a bunch of circles that I use for the 'head' symbol and then build on them – unless I want to capture body shift then it doesn't help to have the circles lined up. CD movie clip is really a great tool for transcribing the detail and the only limitation is the camera angle. One difficulty I have is figuring out where one sign starts and finishes. A lot of signs flow into one another and as I am still learning I find it difficult in some cases to know where to end one frame and begin the next. With the Jack in the Beanstalk story that I am now working on I find it a challenge because children tend to have a number of false starts and pauses in their communication, especially when they are telling a story from memory. I find the dynamic symbols are helping a lot with this. Also as you said in your post, they may not follow the grammar as closely as an adult would and sometimes I am not sure if it is still ASL being signed or mime. As for providing copies of the story, I would love to do this but the CD is part of the course materials and it specifically states that it cannot be distributed. I will ask the two people who own the copyright to see if they would mind if I copied the one story to be used for educational purposes on this list. Thanks for your words of advice, much appreciated. Bonnie Bonnie Collins | ||||||||||||
|
|