Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Overview of available editors

[Ed Nixon <ed.nixon@LynnParkPlace.org>]

Trevor,

Pardon me for barging in, off topic and uninvited. I've seen you posts 
before and have noted the sig referring to British Sign Language. As a 
person with a severe hearing disability, I suppose I'm somewhat more 
sensitive to this sort of information that many. However, in addition, I'm 
in the final throws of a CD redesign for the Canadian Federal Government, 
trying to create a version of the content that is accessible, or at least 
more accessible than the Shockwave version that was nearing completion when 
I became involved in the project. Most of the design effort has been 
directed at providing for people with visual disabilities. None the less, 
the issue of English language literacy and the Deaf community has been raised.

My question is, can you point me to information that would give me some 
insight into creating online or electronic information sources that use 
sign? I guess, given I'm in North America, ASL would be of more direct 
interest but anything that would provide an overview of the issues and 
opportunities of "automated" sign language would be very helpful.

Of course, if this is an intrusion and a major inconvenience, please accept 
my apologies. You needn't even respond to this if such is the case.

Thanks and regards.                     ...edN

At 01:27 AM 07/04/2002 +0000, Trevor Jenkins wrote:
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>Regards, Trevor
>
>British Sign Language is not inarticulate handwaving; it's a living language.
>Support the campaign for formal recognition by the British government now!
>Details at http://www.fdp.org.uk/ or http://www.bsl-march.co.uk/