The Wall

SignWriting Text is not yet open and free. We are laying the foundation, but we need infrastructure, coders, designers, and writers. Volunteers and financial supporters will help SignWriting Text become fully realized on the internet and computers.

The Wall
The people's name on this list either donated resources, talents, or cash to support SignWriting Text, a product of the Sutton-Slevinski collaboration.

Financial support is important. Valerie Sutton has developed the SignWriting script over 30 years. She has worked with writers around the world, both hearing and Deaf. The Deaf in this context take pride in their language and fully support the idea of using the SignWriting script to empower them in their language of choice.

Please support the foundation, even if only a $1 tip. It is a shame that the non-profit has never been properly funded. If you know the name of someone who can write the check for $10,000 to $2,000,000 to help fund the Center for Sutton Movement Writing, please put a bug in their ear. It would be great if we could end the year 2012 in the black. The Center for Sutton Movement Writing is a 501c3 educational non-profit based in California. Please consider a generous donation today.

Help support the idea that Valerie Sutton should concentrate on writing and being creative and spreading the word about SignWriting, rather than worry about the financial or technical aspects. No strings attached donations are especially important as they directly support the continued work of the CSMW through Valerie Sutton, Stephen E Slevinski Jr, Adam Frost, and many others

Github
Grab the code on Github.

Wikimedia Labs
The ASL Wikipedia Project is hosted on Wikimedia Labs. They are currently running an older version of SWIS, but will soon be updated to SWIS release candidate 1. Many thanks to Wikimedia and Ryan Lane.

Tipping
Please leave a tip for the Center for Sutton Movement Writing available on the SignWriting Site.


 * Valerie Sutton - inventor of the SignWriting Script and author of the ISWA 2010 fonts
 * Stephen E Slevinski Jr - author of the SignPuddle Standard for SignWriting Text: font work, reference material, and source code.
 * Adam Frost - refiner of the SVG font, reviewer of the ISWA 2010, teacher of the SignWriting script, and editor of the ASL Wikipedia Project.

Leave a tip for Stephen E Slevinski Jr through Paypal.   <input type="hidden" name="encrypted" value="-BEGIN PKCS7-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-END PKCS7- ">  

We appreciate the support of individuals and organizations. Believing in an idea enough to add financial support is a great compliment. Thanks!

Student Edition $1 a year
Students benefit greatly from SignWriting Text. Support the foundation of SignWriting Text at $1 a year per student. Please consider sponsoring a Student Edition for individual kids or entire classrooms.

Personal Edition: $10
To use SignWriting Text, you need a SignWriting Icon Server (SWIS). The Personal Edition creates SignWriting images locally using a localhost. The Personal Edition is available for Windows or Mac. Custom install available for Linux servers and more: requires PHP, GD graphics, and SQLite.

Save bandwidth, unburden donated server processing, and enjoy the visuals of SignWriting Text on the internet. With the Personal Edition, the SignWriting images will be available without the internet too. Enjoy simplified programming and future upgrades as we improve the software to include the SignWriting Icon Client of HTML widgets, rich text editing, and text processing.

Private Network Edition: $100 a year
Our fonts and software have value. Convenient downloads and personal service. Show your financial support of SignWriting Text with a reasonable fee.

Open Network: $1,000 a year
Our fonts and software have value. Show your support by hosting the SignWriting Icon Server on a network open to the general public. Small audiences have low hardware and network requirements. Large audiences require more impressive infrastructure. Become an official Open Nextwork for a reasonable fee.

Backbone Server $10,000 a year
Ensure that the signs never go out. Dedicate significant hosting and network traffic so that the visual images of SignWriting are always available. Our current infrastructure could become overwhelmed with high traffic and increased demand. Intended for large audiences, a Backbone Server should be available to the general public or a specific set of students, researchers, writers, programmers, websites, and more.

Show your financial support of SignWriting Text with a reasonable fee.

Infrastructure Kickstart $200,000
Check out the status of the SignPuddle Standard for SignWriting Text. We have not yet reach version 1.0 of the standard. Once the board is green, SignWriting Text is a fully realized reality and ready to go viral. I'm going to get there no matter what, but a kickstart would ensure quicker development and a higher quality.

I am currently drafting a Kickstart campaign. Please consider being a volunteer. I need logo design and someone able to process an After Effects Project. In you are interested in helping, please contact me.

Spread the word about SignPuddle.com: link to it and check it often. I will be adding a notice to the top of the page when the Kickstart gets underway. Once the board is green, the internet infrastructure has been established. We're not there yet.

Foundation Support $2,000,000
Let Leonardo da Vinci get back to the canvas and Nikola Tesla get back to the lab. The Center for Sutton Movement Writing, 501c3 is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, educational organization. It exists in its own unique categories of fundraising, but the need is real. Foundation Support would create an endowment for the Center for Sutton Movement Writing to continue into the future. Someone has to know someone who can make this happen. It is a shame that fundraising continues to be a struggle.

Foundational support will help us establish SignWriting Text and help us continue with the other Sutton MovementWriting systems. A gift to the world.