All text has been converted into alphabetic characters.

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For example, "a" is equivalent to a combination of "c" and "i."

a is equivalent to two strokes — e and i. Not letters.

— Converting text into the Latin alphabet to explore its meaning

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This approach does not allow you to extract letters from the VMS letter.