Sam Drost wrote:
> I remember recently seeing a post about how sign languages were hard to
> transcribe onto paper (or digital) since it is hard to transcribe the
> motion. Recently I came across the site signwriting.org. Has anyone
looked
> at this and considered using it (or at least the symbols) as a basis for
> con-sign languages? I only took a very brief look at the site and, since
I
> don't know sign language at all (except maybe "the finger"), I probably
> wouldn't know if the site did a decent job of transcribing the motion used
> in sign language anyway.
I haven't looked at the site, but IIRC, the people at Gallaudet College (for
the deaf) have devised a system for transcribing ASL-- again IIRC they got
the idea from Labanotation, a system used to record ballet/dance.
(re a signing system in Children of Dune...)
> What they'd do is place their hands
> in their laps and sign the "real" conversation
Hmm, sounds a little like catcher-to-pitcher signals in baseball.??