I would be interested in seeing the software, but I don't have an iPhone.
I think it's a worthwhile project. The VMS text follows some patterns not seen in natural languages (it also has some natural language patterns but whether these are due to the underlying content or imposed on the script by design is hard to tell) and I agree that there is a preponderance of certain patterns (e.g., too many EVA-y at the the ends of words) to generate natural language UNLESS some of the characters are nulls, markers or modifiers. Generating these patterns could offer some insight into its structure.
When people first see it, they always want to read the VMS vowels as vowels, but they may not be. They may be a form of marker or misdirection (or they may be consonants). Or, as in old Latin text, some glyphs, like the "o", might serve two purposes (a letter and as abbreviation or marker, depending on context). if you were to change all the vowels to something that looks more like a consonant, most people's perceptions of the text would dramatically change and, additionally, it might be easier to see that the spaces between "words" may also need to be re-evaluated. There is a high preponderance of short words (contrary to what many people have said, there are many very short "words" in the VMS).
Another characteristic of the VMS that argues against natural languages is the odd behavior near the beginnings and ends of lines. There is no language that I know of that has rules about how you may use characters near the beginnings and ends of lines, especially considering that many sentences will continue on to the next line. In natural languages, the line itself is not the same unit as a "thought" (a sentence) and is rarely treated this way except perhaps in poetry/song lyrics or charts.
I think it's a worthwhile project. The VMS text follows some patterns not seen in natural languages (it also has some natural language patterns but whether these are due to the underlying content or imposed on the script by design is hard to tell) and I agree that there is a preponderance of certain patterns (e.g., too many EVA-y at the the ends of words) to generate natural language UNLESS some of the characters are nulls, markers or modifiers. Generating these patterns could offer some insight into its structure.
When people first see it, they always want to read the VMS vowels as vowels, but they may not be. They may be a form of marker or misdirection (or they may be consonants). Or, as in old Latin text, some glyphs, like the "o", might serve two purposes (a letter and as abbreviation or marker, depending on context). if you were to change all the vowels to something that looks more like a consonant, most people's perceptions of the text would dramatically change and, additionally, it might be easier to see that the spaces between "words" may also need to be re-evaluated. There is a high preponderance of short words (contrary to what many people have said, there are many very short "words" in the VMS).
Another characteristic of the VMS that argues against natural languages is the odd behavior near the beginnings and ends of lines. There is no language that I know of that has rules about how you may use characters near the beginnings and ends of lines, especially considering that many sentences will continue on to the next line. In natural languages, the line itself is not the same unit as a "thought" (a sentence) and is rarely treated this way except perhaps in poetry/song lyrics or charts.
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