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From: Fran.O'gorman@f94.n272.z1.fidonet.org (Fran O'gorman)
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Subject: Re: Sign Friends
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Date: 21 Aug 90 14:43:58 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Hi Ann,
     Thanks for the clarification, Stu said something similar--about 
Silenttalk being for signers as well as speechreading oral hearing 
impaired.  I guess I got that impression erroniously.  I don't know what 
to say about the fact that it's in BASIC --if I could compile it would be 
faster, but QuickBasic handles graphics quite differently and it would 
practically be a matter of re-writing the whole thing.  As to the speed 
of the animation I intentionally slowed it down, it COULD be speeded up. 
It's default speed is actually a bit slow--compared to the way people 
proficient in sign would sign, but that kind of change would not be 
difficult.  If the people you're referring to mean the speed of animation 
as opposed to the speed of loading modules etc, let me know and I could 
change the initial setup and the speed adjustment utility (which is Ross 
Calloway's program) could also be changed.
   Fran

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