ASL Finger Spelling "Flash" Cards

Version 1.1 for Pocket PC & Flash Lite 1.1

Updated: February 15, 2005 - Original Release June 18, 2001

by Robert M. Hall
Feasible Impossibilities
rhall@impossibilities.com
http://www.impossibilities.com/

Talisman+Interactive
http://www.talismaninteractive.com/

Philadelphia Flash MMUG
http://www.philaflashmmug.com/


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Info and Contents:


ASL_FingerSpell_PPC.swf - Macromedia Flash 4 .SWF File
						  (Designed for full screen Pocket PC)
						  
ASL_FingerSpell_PPC.html - HTML file for displaying above file on
						   Pocket PC devices with Pocket IE
						   
ASL_FingerSpell_FL11.swf - Macromedia Flash Lite 1.1 .SWF file
						   (Designed for basic Flash Lite 1.1 capable devices,
						   	tested on a Nokia 6600)

ASL_FL_screenshot.jpg	- JPG format screenshot of Flash Lite 1.1 version
ASL_PPC_screenshot.jpg 	- JPG format screenshot of PPC version 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Instructions:

Tranfer the appropriate file to your device, via ActiveSync, Bluetooth, etc. Then go to town - its pretty easy. :)
	
	
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Description and History:

	A small Flash app for the Pocket PC platform and Flash Lite 1.1 capable mobile devices. Brush up on those American Sign Language Finger Spelling signs.

	I created the first iteration of this application back in June of 2001 when the developer release of Flash 4 for Pocket PC. I had nearly forgotten about it until recently. I revisited the application and updated the colors for better viewing, and also created a Flash Lite 1.1 version for devices capable of supporting Flash Lite 1.1. I have tested this application on a Nokia 6600 and it works great. The PPC version has been left at Flash 4 - yes there is a Flash 6 player for PPC, but other devices such as certain Palms and other device should also be able to use the Flash 4 based version.

	My wife Melissa used to teach sign language to children and adults at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Philadelphia (http://www.psd.org/). Thats what originally inspired this tiny application.

	I dedicate this application to Melissa for her incredible patience with children, and me. :)

Rob


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
License Information:

This work is licensed under Creative Commons License
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

Distribution info to be found at:
http://www.impossibilities.com/asl/


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Macromedia Flash Player Information:

Pocket PC Flash Player Info:
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/devices/pocket_pc.html

Pocket PC Flash Player CDK for Developers:
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=pocketpccdk

Flash Lite 1.1 Player Info
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashlite/

Flash Lite 1.1 CDK For Developers:
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=flashcdk


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Books and Resources:

Flash Enabled: Flash Design and Development for Devices
http://www.impossibilities.com/blog/store/details.php?asin=0735711771
http://www.flashenabled.com/book/

Bill Perrys Site;
http://FlashDevices.net/


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Special Thanks:

Melissa Hall, Bill Perry, Phillip Torrone, Ian Chia, Troy Evans, Mike Chambers, Greg Burch, Tom King, Darron Schall, Ted Patrick, Talisman+Interactive Team: James Flaherty, Don Fisher, Craig Johnsonm, Mike McDonald, Max Liberman