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Tina and Kenneth Arend Date: Fri Oct 20, 2000 10:03 pm Subject: Re: (Fwd) from Eline | |
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----- Original Message ----- From: Eline Vanhecke To: Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 9:20 AM Subject: (Fwd) from Eline > Forwarded message: > From: Self <evvhecke> > To: SignWriting List > Subject: from Eline > Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 10:54:39 +0200 > > Dear Valerie, > > I really hope that you are feeling better now! If not, I wish you a > rapid recovery. Get well soon! > I've read about your distress concerning programming SignWriter > and also about the recent positive changes. I regret that I don't > know anything about computers and programming, otherwise I > honestly would have liked to helping you out. All I can say is that > Kristof and I are working with MS-Dos program and that it's just > fine. It may take a little time (but not even that long) to get used to > the way of working with SignWriter, but I think that this goes for > every new programme you start working with. We are really very > glad for having SignWriter and SignWriting, because it makes our > work a lot more 'comfortable', if you know what I mean. > I may have mentionned this before, but I'm not sure. In july I gave a > 2-hour presentation of SignWriting for Deaf adults. I prepared this > presentation on the basis of the 'lessons in SignWriting' (video & > map). I must say, these Deaf people wery very excited and > interested! They had no problems at all with understanding the > examples and they even noticed a mistake on my behalve. They > are very eager to learn (more about) SignWriting, so I gave them all > a lot of information, handouts etc. and the address of the > SignWriting site. Kristof and I have planned to organise a number of > such presentations, in order to make Deaf people acquainted with > the possibilty of writing their own language. I am all excited about it > myself! And I have been told that in both Flemish schools where > people study to become interpreters for Deaf people, SignWriting > will be incorporated in the courses. That's great isn't it! > > Well, I hope that this good news may have cheered you up a liitle. > All the best, > > Eline. > |
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