This paper proposes a system of standardized transcription and orthographic representation for sign languages (Sign Language Orthography Builder) with a corresponding text-based corpus-building and annotation tool (Signotate). The transcription system aims to be analogous to IPA in using ASCII characters as a standardized way to represent the phonetic aspects of any sign, and the writing system aims to be transparent and easily readable, using pictographic symbols which combine to create a 'signer' in front of the reader. The proposed software can be used to convert transcriptions to written signs, and to create annotated corpora or lexicons. Its text-based human- and machine-readable format gives a user the ability to search large quantities of data for a variety of features and contributes to sources, such as dictionaries and transcription corpora.
@InProceedings{CLARK18.18035, author = {Brenda Clark and Greg Clark}, title = {SiLOrB and Signotate: A Proposal for Lexicography and Corpus-building via the Transcription, Annotation, and Writing of Signs}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2018)}, year = {2018}, month = {may}, date = {7-12}, location = {Miyazaki, Japan}, editor = {Mayumi Bono and Eleni Efthimiou and
Stavroula-Evita Fotinea and Thomas Hanke and
Julie Hochgesang and Jette Kristoffersen and
Johanna Mesch and Yutaka Osugi}, publisher = {European Language Resources Association (ELRA)}, address = {Paris, France}, isbn = {979-10-95546-01-6}, language = {english} }
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