Re: Deaf Matters 2.0

[Kurt Cagle <cagle@olywa.net>]

Darren,

Take a look at the RDF section of the W3C. There was an article there on an 
RDF mechanism for converting graphical SVG content into text, which I found 
kind of intriguing at the time, at http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG-access/

-- Kurt


On Wednesday 22 August 2001 10:50, sarcasmo@fuse.net wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 s.livingstone@btinternet.com wrote
>
> (snip)
>
> > I was just thinking that things related to accessibility may fit in the
>
> HumanML. (snip) My difficulty just now is trying to think of exactly what
> would *be* in HumanML and that is mainly because i only started looking
> into it yesterday :)>
>
> > Steven
>
> My original post (much editing and paraphrasing myself):
> > I find the concept of HumanML interesting, and it led me to wonder
> > if any discussions about Deaf users (such as myself) has appeared
> > on the lists.  I say 'unusual', because American Sign Language isn't
> > textually based.
>
> The more i think about this, the more of a brain buster it becomes.
> In fact, I may have jumped the gun by posting to this list at all,
> since I must put forward that any representation of the Deaf would
> probably be an incredible failure due to this factor: text.
>
> I'm fortunate that I was able to overcome the language barrier and
> develop skills in written and spoken English. Without turning this into
> an off-topic post about 'My Life' I want to explore this avenue, surely.
> Suffice to say, any textually-based language to the deaf usually ends
> up being ... low on their list.
>
> So, what to do?  Iconic representation? Mapping common ASL signs through
> an DTD or XML construct to embedded graphics?  I fear that I may be too
> stupid to come up with an alternative.  All I know, is that I should not
> expect to have some sort of 'broken' or 'pidgin' written language as the
> base and even hope for the best.  I must break with tradition.  It just
> seems to me than HumanML could be a 'base' to build on.  I don't know.
>
> Just a thawt.
>
> ~darren
>
>
>
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