I want to compete in a talent competition through my church. I want to do Dear God by Nick Jonas in sign language, but I have to learn in first lol. I have found 1 or 2 good sites for learning ASL but I was wondering if there is a site that if you put the words in it will do everything automaticly. A site that will put all the words together.
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Sorry don’t know of one, but there may be some teaching videos on youtube. found this… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdUX0KNUI4I which may be of use for some vocab. good luck!
American Sign Language is a fully developed and naturally occurring language. If you were thinking of presenting your piece in French, say, or German, you would be unlikely to attempt it without sitting down with either a native user of the language, or at least someone fluent in its use. I suggest you take the same approach for sign language.
What you can get from an instructional website, or from a strict word-for-word translation, is not likely to be accurate (the same would happen with spoken languages).
Call your local community college and see if they have students that might work with you. Ask to speak with someone in that department, and ask them for suggestions regarding local resources.
If you don’t care about accuracy, consider another medium for your expression. My feeling is that you oughn’t CALL it ASL if it’s not going to be reasonably accurate.