TALKING POINTS

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SignBank
SignWriting Dictionary Database in FileMaker Pro

1. SignBank is a multi-lingual FileMaker database
2. Sign Language users can search to find signs & words
3. Print Sign Language Dictionaries in multiple formats
4. Teaches Deaf Students Languages & Literacy
5. Anyone who uses Sign Language will find SignBank useful!

SignBank
https://www.SignBank.org/signbank.html

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Who uses SignBank?

1. Sign Language dictionary publishers
2. Sign Language teachers and students
3. Deaf people who use Sign Language
4. Hearing people who use Sign Language
5. Parents & siblings of Deaf people
6. Sign Language researchers and linguists
7. Sign Language Interpreters for the Deaf

SignBank
https://www.SignBank.org

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SignWriting
Read & Write Any Sign Language in the World

1. Sign Languages are not international
2. There is a different Sign Language in every country
3. SignWriting is a visual alphabet that writes them all.
4. Sign Languages are now written languages!
5. SignBank is a database for SignWriting in FileMaker Pro.

SignWriting
https://www.SignWriting.org

Questions? Write to:

Valerie Sutton
Sutton@SignBank.org