Languages field

ownedbycats · 04-06-2023, 02:49 PM

The language field pulls from the ISO 639-2 list, which has a lot of unexpected selections.

While I suppose there's probably a few books written in Klingon or Blissymbols if you look hard enough somewhere, I'm curious as to how someone would write a book in sign language:

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(well, audiobooks are a thing - so maybe videobooks? or people keeping things that are not books or documents in Calibre. Or sign language dictionaries

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Just found this amusing and wanted to share

DNSB · 04-06-2023, 05:48 PM

I've seen Walter Isaacson's book on Steve Jobs as a DVD translated into ASL. One teacher I know showed her class Bruce Simpson's Paislee and the Talking Tree which is on Youtube.

BetterRed · 04-06-2023, 06:20 PM

Videobooks have around been for over a century. They're called 'movies', 'films'….

We used to watch them in cinemas with hundreds of 'strangers'. Today the BBC make a fortune flogging their 'adaptations' of Dickens, Hardy, Austen etc that people have to watch from their couches at home… often alone.

BR

04-06-2023, 02:49 PM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,970 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Languages field The language field pulls from the ISO 639-2 list, which has a lot of unexpected selections. While I suppose there's probably a few books written in Klingon or Blissymbols if you look hard enough somewhere, I'm curious as to how someone would write a book in sign language: (well, audiobooks are a thing - so maybe videobooks? or people keeping things that are not books or documents in Calibre. Or sign language dictionaries ) Just found this amusing and wanted to share Last edited by ownedbycats; 04-06-2023 at 03:01 PM.

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04-06-2023, 05:48 PM	#2
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,168 Karma: 168983734 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	I've seen Walter Isaacson's book on Steve Jobs as a DVD translated into ASL. One teacher I know showed her class Bruce Simpson's Paislee and the Talking Tree which is on Youtube.

04-06-2023, 06:20 PM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,718 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Videobooks have around been for over a century. They're called 'movies', 'films'…. We used to watch them in cinemas with hundreds of 'strangers'. Today the BBC make a fortune flogging their 'adaptations' of Dickens, Hardy, Austen etc that people have to watch from their couches at home… often alone. BR

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