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Re: Captioning of SIgn language?

From: Joe Clark <joeclark@joeclark.org>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 13:56:18 -0400 (EDT)
To: WAI-GL <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.53.0309131352360.23801@mail.veldt.ca>

> Someone asked if a video showing sign language had to be captioned.
>
> It is more interesting than it first looks.

Gregg's explanation is accurate in essence, and is a recapitulation of
something I said already. I gather it can now be taken seriously.

<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2003JulSep/0224.html>

> ASL is the most widely used Western language with no written form (besides
> "SignWriting" - a non-text transcription technique that is not widely
> accepted in the ASL community).

How about "besides LSQ, BSL, and Auslan," to name several?


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