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So you'd type "The cat in the hat went to bat." and the
word
/ pic processor would create:
The (picture of a cat) in the (picture of a hat) went to
(picture of a bat)
This would allow your texting to have fewer words and
more
pictures if you wanted to do that for some reason.
Perhaps
it could be used to humorous effect? Yea, that
might be one reason you'd want to do this. Sure, humorous
effect.
AraWord is a pictogram-based word processor
http://sourceforge.net/projects/araword/
Is this what you're looking for? [scad mientist, Jun 30 2014]
Rebus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebus
The goal is widely known to exist, but the tool proposed in this Idea, not so much. [Vernon, Jul 01 2014]
Hieroglyphics Universal Translator
Hieroglyphics_20Universal_20Translator
[theircompetitor, Jul 01 2014]
Kanji
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanji
Logographic [8th of 7, Jul 01 2014]
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This is the future of written communication. Bunned. |
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So Hieroglyphs / pictograms then? |
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Didn't the Egyptians (not to mention half a dozen other civilisations) bake this millennia ago. |
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Which would make it the past of written communication wouldn't it? |
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Sorry [-] but this is a bit like proposing the invention of the wheel. |
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What [Skewed] said ... also Katakana ideograms ? |
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Also, the International Symbolic Alphabet ? |
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The pictogram word processor was a popular product for some time, but challenges inherent in the process doomed it. |
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Operator training was required. |
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While document duration could be long term, sometimes climate variation destroyed valuable records. |
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Mass production was difficult, so the process was better suited to a niche market, limiting sales of equipment. |
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And, some media choices required that the finished product be...baked. |
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Did you search to see if anybody has done this yet? It seems so readily doable that I would expect that some wag or student would have played at this by now. |
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I've had the same idea, though my intention was as a
tool for writing Forth code. |
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Pedant alert...I don't katakana are ideograms...the kanji are... |
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PS those 419 spam emails are quite annoying enough, without it being in pictograms. |
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PPS Surely the Picts have copyright of this? |
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PPPS (further pedant alert) Picts: a confederation of Celtic tribes (probably) that ceased to be long before copyright law was invented ;) |
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pictogram: what the Celts used for urgent communication |
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Was it faster than a horse ;) |
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Q: "What are the three fastest forms of communication ?" |
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A: "Telephone, telegraph, and tell a woman ..." |
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<Dives into dugout bunker, frantically piles sandbags in doorway> |
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You're right, [n_m_rm], it's kanji |
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