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(Notice that the old \u201cChoose Image File\u2026\u201d is still there. Eventually, we should make that button hidden by default, as it violates our desire to not send the WeSay user into the confusing depths of the file system.<\/em>)<\/p>\n WeSay looks in the English meaning and uses it to search the gallery for matching illustrations: If that doesn\u2019t show you the pictures you\u2019re looking for, you can change the search terms and try again. Once you find the one you want, you double click on it. This closes the dialog and inserts the illustration: Update Jan 2012<\/strong><\/em> For Windows users, Art of Reading is now available as a free download<\/a>. SIL International has licensed them under a Creative Commons license and we\u2019ve embedded that license and copyright information in the image files themselves<\/em>, so that future versions of WeSay will be able to tell you where the image came from and assure you that you have the rights to use it.<\/p>\n Art of Reading 2.0<\/strong> is a CD put out by SIL; ask around, someone near you may already have it. If not, you can order it here<\/a>. From that page:<\/p>\n \n International Illustrations is the second artwork CD-ROM produced by the International Literacy Department of SIL International. This expanded, enhanced collection is the follow-up to Art of Reading 1.0 and contains over 11,000 indexed images collected from SIL and national artists around the world. Searchable by keywords.<\/p>\n Black and white line drawings (in compressed TIF format for Windows and Mac) are suitable for use in a wide variety of literacy materials, newsletters, bulletin board displays, and other cultural awareness materials.<\/p>\n Images come from Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, D.R. of Congo, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Sudan, Thailand, USA\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I\u2019m told there\u2019s a version 3 in the works, which will be a DVD with even more illustrations and an Indonesian index.<\/p>\n Update Sept 2009:<\/strong> The Version 3 DVD<\/a> is now available. Note, though the product is advertised for Windows and Mac, it will work on Linux too, if you\u2019re using WeSay.<\/em><\/p>\n Update Nov 2009:<\/strong> I\u2019m told this new AOR version doesn\u2019t actually add any new photos\u2026 it\u2019s mostly about a new version of the browsing software (which WeSay doesn\u2019t use) and the addition of an Indonesian index (which WeSay already has). If that\u2019s true, there\u2019s no reason to upgrade if you\u2019re only using AOR for WeSay.<\/em><\/p>\n If\/when anyone produces indices for French, Spanish, Portuguese, etc., tell us and we\u2019ll add them to WeSay, too. (I suspect you could use a computer translator to generate something useful quickly.<\/em>) Notice, some of the description of how the package works is irrelevant. The included software is too unwieldy for a WeSay audience. WeSay bypasses that software, keeping the process as simple as you see above.<\/p>\n Get the latest WeSay here<\/a>. As always, we rely on your feedback<\/strong> here on the blog, on the Google Group<\/a>, or (if you have a problem<\/em>) via email<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thanks to Ren\u00e9 van den Berg for inspiring this new feature.<\/p>\n
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