[Wikipedia-l] new request for ASL/English wikipedia

[Gerard Meijssen]

Phroziac wrote:

>What about making a font with pictures of hands doing the signs, and
>making users download that?
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Hoi,
Sign languages are more complicated than just pictures of hands. Facial 
expressions are part of the language. So making a font is not 
applicable. By the way, there is a font for "wording". So it is possible 
to show this text in a font with hands indicating the characters.

Thanks,
    GerardM

>On 9/10/05, Kelly Martin <kelly.lynn.martin at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>On 9/8/05, Phroziac <phroziac at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>Uhm, why does that need it's own wiki? Couldn't the videos just be
>>>added to en wiki?
>>>And also, can't most deaf people (in english speaking countries)
>>>read/write english?
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>>ASL is not English.  It has its own distinct grammar and vocabulary.
>>But I question whether videos of signed language are worth the
>>bandwidth and space required to store them.
>>
>>Kelly
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