Comprehensible represents arbitrary data in human-readable formats to allow for easier verbal (e.g. reading out an identifier on the telephone) or visual transfer (e.g. capturing an identifier on a paper form).
Arbitrary data can be encoded using Uint8Array typed arrays representing an array of 8-bit unsigned integers.
Numbers in the JavaScript MAX_SAFE_INTEGER range (0..2⁵³- 1).
UUIDs are treated as 16 hexadecimal octets (leading to negligible wastefulness of available target dictionary size during encoding).
A function that--given a dictionary--encodes arbitrary data to a list of words contained in this dictionary.
E.g.: Represents 11d0a76500a0c91e6bf6 as Cause Chance Amount Be Substance Substance Question Different Quality Change Sign Wise.
A function using the findings of Boles and Clifford 1 to represent data in a visually less ambiguous form using a subset of the Latin alphabet.
E.g.: Represents f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6 as fRAQVvVQubOeofxSpyopWuM.
A function representing data as random words, generated using a Markov chain based on a corpus provided.
const comprehensible = require("comprehensible");
const bolesCliffordComprehensifier = comprehensible.bolesCliffordComprehensifier();
console.log(bolesCliffordComprehensifier.comprehensifyNumber(777));
// tBN
console.log(bolesCliffordComprehensifier.uncomprehensifyNumber("tBN"));
// 777
console.log(bolesCliffordComprehensifier.comprehensifyUUID("f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6"));
// DHHYhYRhABfHYrRGGLNDtARLHNrNLBMNR
console.log(bolesCliffordComprehensifier.uncomprehensifyUUID("DHHYhYRhABfHYrRGGLNDtARLHNrNLBMNR"));
// f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6
console.log(bolesCliffordComprehensifier.comprehensifyUint8Array(Uint8Array.of(222)));
// YN
console.log(bolesCliffordComprehensifier.uncomprehensifyUint8Array("YN"));
// Uint8Array [ 222 ]
const dummyDictionary = ["Amount", "Argument", "Art", "Be", "Beautiful", "Belief", "Cause", "Certain", "Chance", "Change", "Clear", "Common", "Comparison", "Condition", "Connection", "Copy", "Decision", "Degree", "Desire", "Development", "Different", "Do", "Education", "End", "Event", "Examples", "Existence", "Experience", "Fact", "Fear", "Feeling", "Fiction", "Force", "Form", "Free", "General", "Get", "Give", "Good", "Government", "Happy", "Have", "History", "Idea", "Important", "Interest", "Knowledge", "Law", "Let", "Level", "Living", "Love", "Make", "Material", "Measure", "Mind", "Motion", "Name", "Nation", "Natural", "Necessary", "Normal", "Number", "Observation", "Opposite", "Order", "Organization", "Part", "Place", "Pleasure", "Possible", "Power", "Probable", "Property", "Purpose", "Quality", "Question", "Reason", "Relation", "Representative", "Respect", "Responsible", "Right", "Same", "Say", "Science", "See", "Seem", "Sense", "Sign", "Simple", "Society", "Sort", "Special", "Substance", "Thing", "Thought", "True", "Use", "Way", "Wise", "Word", "Work"];
const dictionaryComprehensifier = comprehensible.dictionaryComprehensifier(dummyDictionary);
console.log(dictionaryComprehensifier.comprehensifyNumber(777));
// Certain Motion
console.log(dictionaryComprehensifier.uncomprehensifyNumber("Certain Motion"));
// 777
console.log(dictionaryComprehensifier.comprehensifyUUID("f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6"));
// Argument Simple Purpose Living Copy Let Event Society Cause Form Sign Different Fact Use Science Education Connection Be Interest Place
console.log(dictionaryComprehensifier.uncomprehensifyUUID("Argument Simple Purpose Living Copy Let Event Society Cause Form Sign Different Fact Use Science Education Connection Be Interest Place"));
// f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6
console.log(dictionaryComprehensifier.comprehensifyUint8Array(Uint8Array.of(222)));
// Art Decision
console.log(dictionaryComprehensifier.uncomprehensifyUint8Array("Art Decision"));
// Uint8Array [ 222 ]
const dummyCorpus = "Sun Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Ceres Pallas Vesta Hygiea Interamnia Europa Davida Sylvia Cybele Eunomia Juno Euphrosyne Hektor Thisbe Bamberga Patientia Herculina Doris Ursula Camilla Eugenia Iris Amphitrite".toLowerCase().split(" ");
const markovComprehensifier = comprehensible.markovComprehensifier(dummyCorpus);
console.log(markovComprehensifier.comprehensifyNumber(777));
// Tuneptunomia Nomillas
console.log(markovComprehensifier.uncomprehensifyNumber("Tuneptunomia Nomillas"));
// 777
console.log(markovComprehensifier.comprehensifyUUID("f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6"));
// Millas Rthisbercursulas Rsulas Tuneptunomia Las Uropatia Pturosylvidavia Rthisbele Oritrisbele Atunepturosylvia Hisberculintientia Isbele Isberga Ugenterga Eresta Ropatursunomillas Urn Upiteranus Rthisbercursulas Irisbele
console.log(markovComprehensifier.uncomprehensifyUUID("Millas Rthisbercursulas Rsulas Tuneptunomia Las Uropatia Pturosylvidavia Rthisbele Oritrisbele Atunepturosylvia Hisberculintientia Isbele Isberga Ugenterga Eresta Ropatursunomillas Urn Upiteranus Rthisbercursulas Irisbele"));
// f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6
console.log(markovComprehensifier.comprehensifyUint8Array(Uint8Array.of(222)));
// Arsunomillas Teramberculas
console.log(markovComprehensifier.uncomprehensifyUint8Array("Arsunomillas Teramberculas"));
// Uint8Array [ 222 ]- More meaningful error messages.
- Extend visual comprehensifiers to to a bigger character pool (e.g. alphanumeric).
- Build a character pool for phonetically easily distinguishable characters.
- Implement Bubble Babble Binary Data Encoding
1: Boles, D.B. & Clifford, J.E. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers (1989) 21: 579. doi:10.3758/BF03210580