https://github.com/linguini1/jumbler

Experiment with typoglycemia using plain-text input and output.
https://github.com/linguini1/jumbler

brainteaser cli cli-tool cli-utility command-line command-line-tool command-line-utility jumble plain-text puzzle text transposed-letter-effect typoglycemia

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Experiment with typoglycemia using plain-text input and output.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/linguini1/jumbler
• Owner: linguini1
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-08-16T00:02:23.000Z (3 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-16T01:08:40.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-16T02:29:04.229Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: brainteaser, cli, cli-tool, cli-utility, command-line, command-line-tool, command-line-utility, jumble, plain-text, puzzle, text, transposed-letter-effect, typoglycemia
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 41 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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# jumbler

Thanks to the phenomena of ["Typoglycemia"][typoglycemia], the human brain is able to read text where each word has the

order of its letters shuffled, so long as the first and last letter remain in place.

Try running some plain-text through this program and reading the jumbled output.

## Building

Clone the repository and `make all`.

## Usage

To get usage hints with `jumbler`, you can use the `-h` help flag.

Here are some things to try to get you started:

```console

echo "Your text goes here. Try using some unusually lengthy and complicated words." | jumbler

cat LICENSE.txt | jumbler

jumbler -i LICENSE.txt

jumbler -i LICENSE.txt -o JUMBLEDLICENSE.txt

```

## How it Works

The `jumbler` program makes use of the following finite state machine to jumble text:



    



## Interesting to Know

There is [some controversy][sciencealert] surrounding the science behind this phenomena. It is also referred to as the

[transposed letter effect][typoglycemia]. Regardless, it's a fun experiment.

Due to the properties of the translation, you can run the same text through `jumbler` several times, and the effect will

be equivalent to running it through `jumbler` only once. In other words:

```console

cat LICENSE.txt | jumbler

```

and

```console

cat LICENSE.txt | jumbler | jumbler | jumbler | jumbler | jumbler | jumbler

```

are equivalent.

[sciencealert]: https://www.sciencealert.com/word-jumble-meme-first-last-letters-cambridge-typoglycaemia

[typoglycemia]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposed_letter_effect