ELiS Experimental Keyboard

The finger notations represent the positions of the fingers and are combined to form a handshape.

They are as follows:

Handshape
Thumb		Fingers
q	closed	q	closed
w	in palm	u	hooked
e	curved	o	curved
r	"3D"	s	bent
t	horizontal	g	straight
y	vertical

The visiographemes for Palm Orientation indicate the direction the palm is facing.

They are as follows:

Palm Orientation
l	forward
ç	backward
c	up
v	down
z	medial
x	distal

The visiographemes for Location represent the location where the sign is produced. They are organized in the subgroups: Head, Body, Limb, Hand.

Location
Head		Body		Limb		Hand
Q	face	H	neck	\	whole arm	@	palm
W	top of head	J	body	Z	shoulder	#	back
E	side of head	K	thorax	X	armpit	$	fingers
R	ear	L	side	C	upper arm	%	side of fingers
T	forehead	Ç	abdomen	V	elbow	&	in between fingers
Y	eyebrow			B	forearm	*	phalanges
U	eye			N	wrist	_	fingertip
I	cheekbone			M	leg
O	nose
P	upper lip
A	mouth
S	teeth
D	cheek
F	chin
G	below chin

visiographemes for Movement represent movements performed by the arms and hands, and include some non-manual expressions.

Movement
Arm and wrist		Hand		Non-Manual Expressions
à	forward	û	open	Í	negative head shake
á	backward	ü	close	Î	positive head shake
â	forward and backward	À	open and close	Ï	tongue in cheek
ã	up	Á	flex fingers at base	Ò	tongue out
ä	down	Â	flex fingers at tips	Ó	blow air out
è	up and down	Ã	open and close fingers	Ô	raspberry
é	right	Ä	drum fingers	Õ	chin wag
ê	left	È	rub fingers	Ö	suck in cheeks
ë	right and left	É	bend wrist	Ù	puff out cheeks
ì	in	Ê	lateral movement of wrist	Ú	open mouth
í	out	Ë	rotate wrist	Û	wink
î	up and to the right	Ì	rotate forearm	Ü	rotate body
ï	up and to the left
ò	down and to the right
ó	down and to the left
ô	arc
õ	flex/extend arm
ö	circular (vertical)
ù	circular (horizontal)
ú	circular (frontal)