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Valerie Sutton Date: Sun Jul 4, 1999 1:43 pm Subject: Re: SW Dictionary Project 2000 | |
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> My only comment is that although we do not copy English words from some >kind of dictionary in typing e-mail messages, etc. we are using a "standard >spelling" that is found where?... in a dictionary. I envision the TSL >dictionary as being some kind of "standard spelling" for each TSL sign, >based on the videotapes that I am working from which we decided upon by the >Deaf community here and recorded by Deaf members of that community. To >date, no one has attempted to learn to type SW (we just got the program 2 >months ago) and people in Taiwan have never even seen anything like it >before, so it's going to take a while. > Gotta run! > - Wayne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sure...dictionaries are very important indeed! And you can print out your dictionaries that you created in SignWriter 4.3 with the sophisticated little program called the SW Dictionary Manager. And the other Deaf people in Taiwan can refer to that print-out, when they are learning to type in SignWriter 5.0. The dictionary features in SignWriter 5.0, in this first release will be minimal. What will be exciting about SignWriter 5.0 is that for the first time in history, we will be able to type vertically. Up until now, we have only been able to type horizontally, and then convert files to the vertical format. But that hurt SignWriting, because the grammar improves when you write vertically directly. So this new "typing vertically" feature is extremely important. And the Menus will be in Chinese, if we are lucky and can succeed with my plan. So the Taiwan Deaf Community will be able to read the Menus in Chinese and Taiwan Sign Language, and will be able to type their signs directly vertically. But the dictionary will be a "read-only" dictionary, in SignWriter 5.0's first release. So you will still have to prepare your dictionaries in SignWriter 4.3, and then install them into SignWriter 5.0. Written Chinese in the dictionaries will not be available for some time. But later, we will develop the dictionary features to work in SignWriter 5.0 - it is just a matter of time. Of course I know it will take time for Deaf people in Taiwan to type SignWriting! I am surprised I am seeing this in my lifetime at all - in another 25 years though, it may happen - who knows?!! 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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