Hello,

Tihs sfufuptlg takler, sbarlmecd up the midlde ptars of words so that dtpiise mlelgsnipiss, you can read them elfrleosftsy!

or if you prefer:

This stuffplug talker, scrambled up the middle parts of words so that dispite misspellings, you can read them effortlessly!

It is based on the concept: http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:R79FQj60fnkJ...t.davis/Cmabrigde/
I found this fascinating so I made a talker to do it for me.

Save as "talker.unread.js" in your StuffPlug NG Talker folder and use:
/xtalk unread <your text here>
or to make all your messages use it;
/xautotalker unread
to use!

code:

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// Unreader written by Improfane 2005
// Please do not remove this message
// original concept: http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:R79FQj60fnkJ...t.davis/Cmabrigde/ (Google Cache)

var words = /[a-z]+/gi ;
// regular expression to grab all words

function talker(input) {
return readable_scrambler(input) ;
}

function readable_scrambler(input) { // makes a readable scramble of an entire string
var matches = input.match(words) ; // list of all words
for (cur_word=0; cur_word < matches.length ; cur_word++) { // cycle through each word
    word = matches[cur_word] ;
    input = input.replace(word, readable_word_scramble(word) ) ;
    }
return input ;
}

function readable_word_scramble(word) { // scrambles the middle part of a string
cur_word_length = word.length ; // current word length

if (cur_word_length>3) { // prevents redundant scrambling
cur_word_middle = word.substring(1,cur_word_length-1) ; // the middle part of the word, from the 2nd letter to the 2nd to last letter
new_middle = scramble(cur_word_middle) ; // scrambles the middle word
return word.replace(cur_word_middle,new_middle) ;
} else return word ;
}

function scramble(input) { // scrambles any input
// written by Improfane 2005
if (input.length<=1) return input ; // nothing at all to scramble
var new_word = "" ;

for (cur_letter=0 ; cur_letter = input.length ; cur_letter++) { // cycle through each letter
random_letter = input.charAt(ranNum(0,input.length)) // get random letter from the possible characters available
input = input.replace(random_letter,"") ; // remove the used letter from the possible characters available
new_word += random_letter ; // adds the random letter to the new string
    }
return new_word ;
}

function ranNum(nFrom,nTo) {
return Math.floor(nFrom + (nTo-nFrom + 1) * Math.random()) ;
// returns a random number
}

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Awesome, i really like it Gr8 for annoying people with

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Originally posted by Improfane
It is having some problems with 3 letter words, I'll figure it out, eventually.

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Originally posted by DragonX
If yur messing up the middle letters of a word, wouldn't it be normal that u have trouble with a 3 letter word, since there's only 1 letter in the middle ?

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Originally posted by DragonX

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Originally posted by Improfane
It is having some problems with 3 letter words, I'll figure it out, eventually.

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If yur messing up the middle letters of a word, wouldn't it be normal that u have trouble with a 3 letter word, since there's only 1 letter in the middle ?

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The only problem with that is the same issue people had with the report in the first place: it is not entirely accurate. There are too many words in the English language that have the same letters that if you are trying to unscramble them, you aren't sure which word you are supposed to read it as, even if you can get it based on the context of the sentence (ie. weird and wired, from and form, etc).

Thanks for the replies.

I'm aware that with 3 letter words there is no letters to scramble, but then if everything was scrambled it would be very difficult to read at all.

Words like: the, and, you, for and whatever else help you make sense of the words that are scrambled.

Good Luck and Hppay mpnsllieig!

stuffplug comes with this talker...or at least mine did

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Originally posted by Improfane
the, and, you,

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It is having some problems with 3 letter words, I'll figure it out, eventually.

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code:

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function talker(input) {
// Unreader written by Improfane 2005
// Please do not remove this message
// original concept: http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:R79FQj60fnkJ...t.davis/Cmabrigde/ (Google Cache)
var words = /[a-z]+/gi
// regular expression to grab all words

input_length = input.length ; // length of entire string
var matches = input.match(words) ; // list of all words
for (cur_word=0; cur_word < matches.length ; cur_word++) { //cycle through each word
word = matches[cur_word] // current word
cur_word_length = word.length ; // current word length
if(cur_word_length > 3) {
cur_word_middle = word.substring(1,cur_word_length-1) ; // the middle part of the word, from the 2nd letter to the 2nd to last letter

new_middle = scramble(cur_word_middle) ; // scrambles the middle word

input = input.replace(cur_word_middle, new_middle ) ; // makes change to original string
}
}

return input
}

function scramble(input) { // scrambles any input
// written by Improfane 2005
var new_word = "" ;

for (cur_letter=0 ; cur_letter = input.length ; cur_letter++) { // cycle through each letter
random_letter = input.charAt(ranNum(0,input.length)) // get random letter from the possible characters available
input = input.replace(random_letter,"") ; // remove the used letter from the possible characters available
new_word += random_letter ; // adds the random letter to the new string
}
return new_word ; // returns the scrambled word
}


function ranNum(nFrom,nTo) {
return Math.floor(nFrom + (nTo-nFrom + 1) * Math.random()) ;
// returns a random number
}

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instead of using a workaround and don't allow 3 character words to be scrambled, fix your scrambler routine instead

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
instead of using a workaround and don't allow 3 character words to be scrambled, fix your scrambler routine instead

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stuffplug comes with this talker...or at least mine did

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It is having some problems with 3 letter words, I'll figure it out, eventually.

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The answer is really obvisious.... But well, i'll help you, here it is.

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teh  adn yuo

I read those perfectly before

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if(cur_word_length > 3) {
//Scramble the word
}
//Dont scramble the word

(Dont know if that would be how to properly write an if-then statement but)

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Originally posted by .Norma
if(cur_word_length > 3) {
//Scramble the word
}
//Dont scramble the word

(Dont know if that would be how to properly write an if-then statement but)

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Originally posted by Improfane

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
instead of using a workaround and don't allow 3 character words to be scrambled, fix your scrambler routine instead

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Who are you referring to, the person who added something (J-Thread) or me?

It wouldn't be a workaround, if I were to correct my scrambler - it wouldn't fulfull the purpose of it. If you program, you should know that keeping your code modular is important, for that reason I made the scrambler routines separate from the talker.


So what he did to correct my code is fine because, he didn't modify the scrambler.

If I modifed the scrambler, it means it couldn't be used in another project that might not matter about the input length of 3.

I have a philosophy of generic and specific. Generic functions such as scramble, scramble and do only that, while everything else builds upon that to make specification. You build on the foundations.

Workarounds are quick and dirty to solve problems with the original code, this isn't it is just a matter of what should be input and not.

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