Program description

Computer Dictionary of Deaf Language, Second Edition - is a continuation of Dictionary, which was released in 2005. A vast group of tools for people working with deaf language. Second Edition will surprise you with an easy-to-use Sign Player and a powerful tool for creating signs - Sign Creator. Sign Creator is addressed for people with advanced computer skills and is dedicated for deaf language specialists and teachers. Sign Player is an outstanding tool for everyone willing to take an adventure with a language of 'the world of silence'. Sign Player is simple, intuitive and friendly-looking. It is designed for everyone, starting with children and ending on adults. It is not only an education, but a lot of fun.

Computer Dictionary of Deaf Language, Second Edition - comes with a computer designed 3D model, which is intended to show all of the complex gestures in deaf language. It has a new, extended sign database - covering second degree of deaf language education.

Computer Dictionary of Deaf Language, Second Edition - strong points:

• 3D model for the best signs presentation
• Full screen viewing and zooming
• Viewer camera full rotation to see every gesture detail
• A wide range of animation playing speeds
• Extended sign database
• Endless opportunities with gesture creation for every sign language in the world
• and many more soon!

To give you the best quality with reasonable price, Sign Player will be available for everyone at no costs! It will be absolutely free of charge. Simple registration and download are the only steps to get your own Sign Player. What is more - it will be supplied with a starter sign database, to give you a full review of the Second Edition. To extend your database with advanced signs or full sing-packs, just make an order in our internet shop. When we will receive the payment, the simplest way to get your signs is just to download them! This way you can get known with the Second Edition at no cost and you will make sure that it runs smoothly on your PC.

To make it more attractive - the more you buy - the less you pay!

• First demo of Sign Player will be available for download within a month (February 2007). It will also release a few screenshots of 3D model.
• Sign Creator's (full commercial version) release date is estimated to March 2007. Price is unknown at this moment. It will be a very powerful tool for sign creators, instructors and teachers.

Technologies used for Computer Dictionary of Deaf Language, Second Edition

• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - a brand new developer platform. The best solution for stable and reliable applications. It comes with several languages, but the most popular and recommended is C#. C# gives you opportunity to create very fast and secured programs. Also it is the best way to challenge all of the possibilities of Microsoft DirectX 9.0. Step from version 1.0 to 2.0 is very simple, but a lot of new things in 2.0 will open a new world of developing applications. We decided to use Microsoft platform for future plans with XNA.
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 - a new version of professional development environment. It comes with a lot of new features, helpers and every other thing which makes developer work faster and more effective. Improved Intellisense (live hints for written code) and new code Refactoring make developing time shorter and a whole project more bug-free and clearer.
• Microsoft DirectX 9.0 - a huge set of libraries for 3D graphics and animation, mouse handling, sound playing or even keyboard managing. Version 9.0 gives you an opportunity to use Pixel and Vertex Shader technologies, professional graphic card support and also excellent special effects. Thanks to Managed DirectX, developers can use a wide range of features coming with Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and C#.
• TrueVision3D - is a very professional and very popular 3D engine. It has a full support for Microsoft DirectX. It is also prepared to be used with Microsoft Visual Studio and C#. Some professional features such as: 3D animation, morphing, shaders and many more - given us opportunity to create a powerful application for gesture signs creation and animation.

Minimum requirements:

• Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP operating system
• DirectX 9.0 compatible video card with at least 32MB memory
• Soundcard
• CD-ROM device
• 256MB RAM memory
• 1GHz processor
• 500MB hard disk space
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1
• Windows Installer 3.0