A language for another kind of reader

Squiggle Reader.

Write in tangled pendulum trails. Let your camera find the words.

Shared-secret alphabet · experimental

Both people enter the same secret and label, then generate their alphabet independently. Nothing is sent to a server.

Public alphabets are active.

Generation S1. This is an experiment in private visual alphabets, not security-audited encryption. Keep this page open to retain the generated alphabet; secrets are not saved.

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Show the page on a second screen or print it. Keep all four corner squares visible in the photograph.

What is inside a squiggle?

A recorded trail from a three-, four- or five-arm pendulum. Two symbols carry one byte. Every new message includes a check that helps detect reading mistakes.

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