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Well, slight update here... In attempt to avoid using the API I spent some time trying to track down someone else trying to replicate the algorithm and everyone on github had just used "highlight the first ~1/2 of each word." Then I checked old versions of the site to see if there was ever a library or some sort of client-side implementation and I managed to secure the last version of the chrome extension before it was taken down (the recent popularity is because of the launch of the paid API so they stopped providing the browser extensions). Anyway long story short I was quite disappointed to learn that the "patented" algorithm is exactly the same as the method mentioned above except the ratio is different and it employs a... specific method of rounding... lol. I find it hard to believe that such an algorithm could actually be patented but to be safe I'll refrain from mentioning exactly what those are for now. Working on a script/plugin at the moment, I just felt like sharing in case anyone else thought the algorithm might be doing something more interesting.
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