Cuescript, devised by Mary Elsie Daisey, is a system for transcribing cued language. Cuescript uses lines to depict hand configurations (i.e., handshapes). Each drawing of the hand may appear on a line drawing of a face (to show placement) or alone with a letter placed beneath to indicate the vowel cue. Like cue notation, cuescript is not intended to function as the written form of cued English. Cuers read and write in the written form of the language they cue (e..g., English). Cuescript is simply a tool to transcribe cues so that novice cuers can record how to cue words and phrases while learning. It can also be used in instructional materials to show how the reader should cue a given word, phrase, or sentence.
One benefit of cuescript over other systems of transcription, like cue notation, is that cuescript uses line drawings. In terms of concrete representation, line drawings of handshapes and placements require less interpretation from the viewer. When interpreting cue notation, the viewer must translate numbers to the handshapes that they serve to represent. This adds an extra layer of abstraction that is not necessary in cue script.
There are currently no computer programs or fonts that allow cuers to quickly encode cues into cuescript. This is a disadvantage over cue notation, which can be easily typed as letters and numbers from any standard keyboard.