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beth a morse Date: Tue Jan 15, 2002 5:20 pm Subject: Re: Good news about SignBank 2002 ;-) | ||||||||||||
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Will this program be used with Windows or will it still be accessible through DOS only? Beth ---------- > From: Valerie Sutton > To: SignWriting List > Subject: Good news about SignBank 2002 ;-) > Date: Monday, January 14, 2002 9:17 PM > > SignWriting List > January 14, 2002 > > My Dear Friends! > I am soooo happy tonight...I have worked out an understanding with > FileMaker Corporation, about our new SignBank 2002 program, the > SignWriting Online Dictionary, which is designed in FileMaker. We are > working out publicity plans, with the hopes that an official > announcement about SignBank 2002, coming jointly from FileMaker > Corporation and the Center for Sutton Movement Writing, will be made > in the Fall, 2002. There is much to be done with beta testing, > programming and data entry all year, and then, when it is ready, > FileMaker will help us donate the program to schools with deaf > students around the world...They are equally as excited as I am, > because even though FileMaker Pro is usually used for small > businesses, they would like to reach out to Deaf people and other > groups too. It is rare for them to have that opportunity...So we are > helping each other... > > This does not mean that we are getting money from FileMaker. We are > not. FileMaker Corporation does not donate money to nonprofits. But > they are donating their software to us, plus technical development > help on publishing the database on the web, plus joint publicity. And > in time, they may offer a version of SignBank to all FileMaker > users...but that is a long time from now..... Right now, we have much > work to do, to get a working version of SignBank. > > I hope to send off the beta test versions of SignBank to the beta > testers next week....five copies to Albuquerque to Cecilia Flood and > her team of teachers at Hodgin Elementary School, a copy to Stuart > Thiessen to test it with the Deaf Community in Des Moines, Iowa, a > copy to Charles Butler to try to use it for his four language > dictionary, and there are three other beta testers in other > countries...They have already seen it, and have already given me a > wealth of advice. I hope to implement changes they have suggested in > February...so I will be working on SignBank all year - an exciting > year! > > We have our annual Board Meeting on Sunday, January 20th (just a few > days from now)...I will tell you all about the meeting next week... > > Wish you all could be with us this Sunday! > > Many blessings - > -- > Val ;-) > > > > Valerie Sutton > > > SignWritingSite: > https://www.SignWriting.org > > SignWriting List Archives: > https://groups.yahoo.com/group/sw-l/ > > To post a message to the SW List: > | ||||||||||||
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