[axiosgunnar]

Fascinating.

I wonder if nerds like us could optimize the „bitrate“ of this.

Lvng out mddl vcls is one vry smpl optn, fr exmpl.

There must be even better ways, if you consider the frequency of words, for example.

I wouldnt be surprised if one could reduce bits needed to express a sentence by 90%, if those numerologists that proved their worth with predicting Wordle solutions had a look at that.

[TylerE]

I suspect some sort of smart prediction system (e.g. Stephen Hawking) would win pretty handily.

[Kliment]

There are many ways to improve the speed and accuracy, but it's really important in settings like these to not make changes until the input method is fully reliable, because there's the risk of complete loss of communication.

[Oarch]

Given the amount of effort required to communicate, I was struck by how the patient used the filler word 'gerade' at the end of the article.

[zaarn]

I have a feeling that was to indicate a bit of sarcasm, with the system being so slow, so the patient probably tried to make a bit of fun of their situation.

[jillesvangurp]

It's not like they'd have something better to do. Communicating is probably the most exciting thing to happen to this person in a long time.

[arwhatever]

vcls?

[kwhitefoot]

Looking at the name I imagine that English is not his first language. Gunnar is a Scandinavian/Germanic name. "Vowels" in English is "Vokaler" in Norwegian.

axiosgunnar's profile says he is from Riga.

[YPPH]

I read it as vowels, although with a typo. Whether or not the typo is intentional, I guess that shows that we can also error-correct although not with 100% accuracy.

[fsckboy]

i read it as vocals and said to myself, "poor word choice". vowels are vocalized I guess?

[bj-rn]

A "false friend" maybe. Vowel translates to Vokal in German for example.