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Héctor y Margarita Devia Date: Tue Apr 24, 2001 10:59 am Subject: Fw: Colombia & Greece Fingerspelling SGN files | |||||
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> signwriting to spread this system of writing here on this country. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valerie Sutton" > To: > Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 11:09 AM > Subject: Colombia & Greece Fingerspelling SGN files > > > Héctor y Margarita Devia wrote: > >>>Three year ago I Worked for Secretaría de Educación Distrital de > >>>Bogotá, and IRAVISION (the Government Television Channel) as Sign > >>>Language Interpreter. On the other hand I had two dificulties, > >>>firts, How to record sign? and How to write (no gloss) sign > >>>translations?. When I start to understand Sign Writing better, I > >>>thought, the solution is SW, and it is. For example I make some > >>>short notes in SW for Deaf, and I explain the meanig of symbols > >>>and they think it is very interesting. Finnaly, How can I get a > >>>Colombian-Spanish Version of Signwriter?. Can I traslate into > >>>spanish the manuals and Sign lesson and give to friends? Nos vemos > >>>amigos (See you later)... > > > > SignWriting List > April 15, 2001 > > Dear SignWriting List, and Hector and Margarita... > > Happy Easter, Happy Passover, and Happy Sunday! > > Thank you for your introduction, Hector and Margarita, and welcome to > the SignWriting List. I am happy to know that you are from the > country of Colombia! > > Back in 1998, another Colombian was a member of the SignWriting List: > > Carlos Thompson > > > Carlos is a computer programmer who was interested in developing > software for SignWriting. I do not believe he is a member of the List > any longer, but you might contact Carlos, to see what information he > has on SignWriting in Colombia. > > Yes...We can definitely create a Colombian version of the SignWriter > Computer Program. There are three sections to the job: > > 1. Fingerspelling Keyboard > 2. Spoken Language Translations > 3. Dictionaries > > Regarding 1. Fingerspelling Keyboard... > > Can you create a Fingerspelling SGN file for me, Hector? Please type > all the handshapes used in Colombian Fingerspelling (with the > SignWriter Computer Program), and then send the SGN file to the > SignWriting List. > > How do you do that? The Fingerspelling document you type with > SignWriter will have a name....Let us pretend you name your document > "Finger"....Then you will find the file listed as FINGER.SGN in your > directory. > > "SGN" means a "sign document". > > Attach the file "FINGER.SGN" to an email message and send it to the SW List. > > Or, create a .GIF or .JPEG and post your Fingerspelling diagram to > the SignWriting List... > > Either way is fine. If you do not know how to do this, write again > and we will help you! > > And Themis from Greece...could you also send us your Greek > Fingerspelling SGN file? Many thanks! > > With those files, I can create a special Fingerspelling Keyboard for > both Colombia and Greece ;-) > -- > > Val ;-> > > > ----------------------------- > > Valerie Sutton > > > SignWritingSite: > https://www.SignWriting.org > > SignWriting List Archives: > https://groups.yahoo.com/group/sw-l/ > > To post a message to the SW List: > > | |||||
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