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747ER t1_ix1uvjv wrote

Reply to comment by lying_Iiar in TIL after a seizure left him paralyzed except for his left eyelid, Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952-1997) wrote the bestselling book "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by blinking to select each letter as an assistant recited the alphabet to him. by chumloadio

They used a specialised alphabet order with the most frequently used letters first

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lying_Iiar t1_ix2a6wu wrote

My intuition suggests it might still be faster to start with that question, but someone would have to run the algo against the most common words, or the book he wrote at least.

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