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From:
Joe Martin Date: Wed May 12, 1999 12:47 am Subject: Re: Color Coding SW Symbols | |
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Well, if we're voting, here's my opinion: the colors are likely pretty helpful for new learners, and especially kid learners. Outside of that, it is a lot of extra work that really doesn't encode any extra information, so shouldn't be used ordinarily. On Tue, 11 May 1999, Valerie Sutton wrote: > Wayne Smith wrote: > > I'm not visually oriented - I'm very much auditorily oriented - so > >color coding would be lost on me. But it wouldn't bother me if it were > >color coded. For those of you who are sensitive to color, and perhaps > >especially for children, it might be a very good idea. I think the only way > >to learn the SW symbols is to read them and use them a lot. Don't know if > >it would help anyone learn them per se. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > That's interesting, Wayne. How does a person who is "auditorily oriented" > function in the world of signed languages? Somehow you are absorbing the > visual, or you wouldn't understand signers. That must be quite hard .... > > This does bring up another point.... some people are color blind, and > cannot see colors as they really are, so then color coding would be lost on > them. > > So let's see...I have had four comments from people...three really loved > the color coding, and one feels it probably isn't necessary or is neutral > about it.....anybody else see the color coding on the web? > > Color coded signs > https://www.SignWriting.org/learn005.html > > > > 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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