[oats-sig] Open Symbol set (was Web based symbol communicationsystem with scanning)

is it possible to preview the Open Symbol Set?

Well done Steve, Garry, looks like an exciting start... 

Cheers.

Simon

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[mailto:oats-sig-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Steve Lee
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To: OATs Project Special Interest Group; Paxtoncrafts Garry
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Subject: Re: [oats-sig] Open Symbol set (was Web based symbol
communicationsystem with scanning)

2008/4/30 Jonathan Chetwynd <j.chetwynd at btinternet.com>:
> is it possible to preview the Open Symbol Set?

Yes indeed, I have great pleasure in introducing the Mulburry symbol set and
straight-street web site.

This Open Symbol set is the creation of Garry Paxton (CCd) with others and
the idea is to provide a peer reviewed set of symbols that are free and on
liberal licencse such as CC. This should encourage innovation and allow user
development of require symbols (users are initially Speech and Language
Therapists who select symbols for clients). The website provides a place for
user community to request and review symbols and to select and download them
for local use.

At this point some 500 symbols are available and the initial set is expected
to be about 1000.
The symbols are WMF format only at the moment but SVG will be available very
soon.

Please note this is a preview and the web site is very much still under
development, in particular in my role of web developer I am just porting
over to a new host (the Open source friendly ukfsn.org) and sorting out a
few remaining issues with the site.

We would very much like comments and suggestions.

Web site: www.straight-street.ukfsn.org
Installer: http://www.straight-street.ukfsn.org/apps.php?id=17

You can view the symbols by going to the gallery and doing a search (empty
search returns all symbols).
Mouse over symbols to preview.
If you register and login then symbols can be added to the basket with a
click and then checked out as a zip.

Thanks

--
Steve Lee
--
Open Source Assistive Technology Software
web: fullmeasure.co.uk
blog: eduspaces.net/stevelee/weblog

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