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Valerie Sutton Date: Sat Jun 19, 1999 2:39 am Subject: Typing Left-Handed SignWriting | |
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On Thu, 27 May 1999 Wayne Smith wrote: >Could there be a >Ctrl-Something key that will completely reverse a given sign or (better yet) >a given group of signs or even a complete document so that it would reflect >how a left-handed signer might produce the signs? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June 18, 1999 What an interesting suggestion :-) Actually, to program an "automatic switch", in SignWriter 5.0, from right-handed signs to left-handed signs, might be expensive and time-consuming to program...and I don't even know if the feature would be that useful. We can always re-type the left-handed version the slow way if we need to. I would be worried that the "automatic switch" from right to left would not always leave you with an accurate document. For example, the hands would flop, but the facial expressions would not...or would they? So...it might open up programming problems and some linguistic problems as well. Meanwhile, there are not that many left-handed documents, since there are not that many left-handed signers :-) These were my thoughts in regards to this...what are some of yours? 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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