how people read text

Aleks Jakulin

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Feb 21, 2005, 2:51:04 AM2/21/05

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Try reading this:

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I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at
Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a
wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer
be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll
raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not
raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
yaeh and I awlyas tuhgoht slpeling was ipmorantt.

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Clearly, the word can be predicted from the length and the first and
last character. I wonder if this is a better approach than working
sequentially letter-by-letter.

Aleks

Nils

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Feb 21, 2005, 11:07:40 AM2/21/05

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Grinnnn .. It works!

Implement it (also look at Burrows-Wheeler chap), and make a fortune!

Nils

"Aleks Jakulin" <a_jakulin@@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Errol Smith

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Feb 24, 2005, 11:08:42 PM2/24/05

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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:51:04 +0100, "Aleks Jakulin"
<a_jakulin@@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Try reading this:
>
>--
>
>I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg
>The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at
>Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a
>wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer
>be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll
>raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not
>raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
>yaeh and I awlyas tuhgoht slpeling was ipmorantt.

Yeah yeah. :)

I hate to be the devils advocate but this has been debunked. There
are certain combinations of letters inside the word that make it
extremely hard to read. IOW some combinations are easier than others
for the mind to get a grip on.
Have a look through Slashdot, it was discussed at length there some
time ago.

Errol Smith
errol <at> ros (dot) com [period] au

Severian

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Feb 25, 2005, 12:07:47 PM2/25/05

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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:51:04 +0100, "Aleks Jakulin"
<a_jakulin@@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Try reading this:
>
>--
>
>I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg
>The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at
>Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a
>wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer
>be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll
>raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not
>raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
>yaeh and I awlyas tuhgoht slpeling was ipmorantt.

I'm dyxselxyic amd taht's the esaesit tnhig I've evevr raed. If
smoneoe ncie wuodl wirte a tarsnalotr for me I cuold raed mcuh fsater.

Srory if tihs jkoe is old or ofenfsvie to the oevr-snesetvie, but I
tohuhgt it fnuny aynawy.

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Sev

_Vlad

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Feb 28, 2005, 12:37:07 PM2/28/05

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Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzz, what a phenomenon, this so cool, I never
heard of this, but I think it's very interesting, and can be of a
very important use. Dear Severian, keep playing with the words and
tell us the results, I, for instance, am interested.
Can you tell us where to look for further information about this..
Thank you!!!!!

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