SWift: a SignWriting editor to bridge between deaf world and e-learning.
SWift: un éditeur de SignWriting comme liaison entre le monde sourd et le e-learning
SWift: un editor di SignWriting come tramite tra mondo dei sordi ed e-learning
Résumé
SWift (SignWriting improved fast transcriber) is an advanced editor for SignWriting (SW). At present, SW is a promising alternative to provide documents in an easy-tograsp written form of (any) Sign Language, the gestural way of communication which is widely adopted by deaf community. SWift was developed for everyone who masters the SW, either deaf or not, to support collaboration and exchange of ideas. The application allows to compose and save the desired sign using elementary components called glyphs. The guided procedure that was devised simplifies the editing process. SWift has the ambitious goal of helping to break down the ”electronic” barriers that keep the the deaf community away from ICT in general, and from e-learning in particular. The editor can be contained in a pluggable module. Therefore, it can be integrated everywhere the use of SW might is an advisable alternative to written “verbal” language, which often hinders information grasping by deaf users.
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