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"Lois L.Van Broekhoven" Date: Wed Jun 2, 1999 2:02 am Subject: Re: Hooking Into Existing Software | |
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unscribe me please Valerie Sutton wrote: > >Wayne writes: > > I have absolutely no idea what is involved in making SignWriter > >accessible to Chinese, Japanese, etc. scripts. I'll pass along what I do > >know, and maybe that will help Rich make decisions about how to prepare > >SignWriter for Chinese input. > > Remember that I'm typing from a Chinese version of Windows 98. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > June 1, 1999 > > Hi Wayne & Everyone on the SignWriting List! > > Thank you for your detailed description, Wayne, about typing Chinese > characters. I cannot overwhelm Rich right now with typing other languages > other than signed languages! > > And I am sure it is overwhelming for members of the list to learn about > typing Chinese - I myself do not have the time to focus on typing other > languages right now :-) > > We will not be developing a way to type Chinese or Japanese or any other > script other than SignWriting. We are only developing a way to type > SignWriting, and that is all. > > However, it is my job to make it possible for you to use the SignWriter > computer program WITH your operating system in Taiwan, and WITH the Chinese > version of Windows 98. And there are new programs now that make it possible > to type Chinese and Japanese "in the java programming language"..so there > may be ways for us to "blend SignWriter with other programs that type other > scripts". This may seem to the user that we know how to type Chinese, but > actually it will be others who developed typing Chinese, not us! > > To give you a comparison in the West - we did NOT develop a way to type > German or French. That was already developed long before we existed. But we > DID develop a way to "access German and French" when using the SignWriter > computer program. > > So we need to keep our focus solely on SignWriting development right now - > developing a typing tool for over 16 signed languages is enough for me! > > You are always welcome to write to me privately about technical details if > you think there is something you feel we should know - I only know that we > will not be getting to typing Chinese this summer!! > > Thanks again for everything! > > 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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