Then why mute yourself?
Even more interesting: Why do you prefer to sign over video instead of typing? Are there forms of expression that are more natural that way?
Even more interesting: Why do you prefer to sign over video instead of typing? Are there forms of expression that are more natural that way?
Why not? The only sound they will find is my dogs barking, doors slamming (I lives in apartment), my partner talking in his phone, all of that background noise. Why participants should be subjected to those noise and why Zoom need to know the noises?
> Why do you prefer to sign over video instead of typing? Are there forms of expression that are more natural that way?
We signs because Signed Languages is our modality and the only form of expression in Deaf communities. There are no written sign language or spoken sign language. Using sign language is natural for us to use. We avoid using typing because it is not a true representation of the community, we don't have same proficiency of written/spoken languages as you and others. So to them, it looks like we are from a call center in India with broken English.
Some interesting take-aways I have from discussing this:
* Sign language communication is very different. We can speak with our mouths much faster than we can manipulate our hands, so fewer words are used. I have to imagine this means that the words that are used are far more significant.
* Names are interesting. Most people names don't have signs, and signing every letter would be annoying, so apparently people get nicknames made up of descriptive words. So, you might go by "tall mustache" in normal conversation, but you're 10u152 in writing.
People wouldn't write the same way they would sign. ASL is a completely different language and direct translations to written English modifies the meaning of a lot of statements.
Most sign at the same pace as speech. Both of which are faster than typing.
Sign language has the same, or more, expressive properties as when we use inflection etc. in voice.
But I have realized that a lot of people I interact with find it more difficult to understand information in written form. Ie it's easier to teach someone with spoken language than over written text.
I dislike video calls.
I totally understand why the person above indicated that they preferred signing to typing.