| SignWriting List Archive 1 October 1997 - May 1998 |
February 24, 1998
MESSAGE TO THE SIGNWRITING EMAIL LIST
SUBJECT: Transcription
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 10:19:01 -0500
From: Mark Mandel <Mark@dragonsys.com>
To: DAC@SignWriting.org
Cc: chazzer3@erols.com
Subject: transcription
Charles Butler wrote:
>>>
For example, the first lesson was the index finger and the flat
hand. With these two delimiters there are all the pronouns for
English/ASL including possessives, motion forward (you) , back
(me), in an arc to the front (yours), to the left and forward
(his/hers), wrist turn while in an arc (ours), etc. From that
beginning, one can walk through the basics of handshape, orientation,
movement, and contact with just a few signs and from the very
beginning introduce a way to write as well as sign one's vocabulary.
<<<
So when you talk about "transcription" on your flash
cards, you are referring to prose descriptions like:
"index finger to the left and forward"
?
Mark A. Mandel
Senior Linguist
mark@dragonsys.com
Dragon Systems, Inc. : speech recognition : +1 617 965-5200
320 Nevada St., Newton, MA 02160, USA : https://www.dragonsys.com/
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