Fingerspelling is used to supplement American Sign Language (ASL) when a specific sign does not exist for an English word or concept.
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Here's an example: "HELLO" |
First, you need to copy the set of .gif images below. You can do this one of two ways:
Second, you assemble individual letters into words and phrases using a program such as Alchemy Mindworks' excellent GIF Construction Set, which includes their simple-to-operate Animation Wizard.
The original .gif files were found at A Basic Dictionary of ASL Terms. I modified the original images so that they can be more easily assembled into animations.
The images displayed below are the letters A through Z, followed by the numbers 1 through 10, then a Blank (for separating words and phrases). Below each image is a second image with the identical character displaced to the right (except for the Blank) . These second images are to be used in words where a letter is paired (e.g.: in the "Hello" animation, above).
If you decide to use them on your Web page, I'd appreciate an email so that I can see the result--I'd like to know that you found them useful or interesting. (I am not claiming copyright on these images and, so far as I know, the original images from which they were adapted are also not copyrighted.) Any comments or suggestions you may care to make are also appreciated.
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