The Unifon (one sound) 40 character augmented alphabet was invented in 1950 by John Malone, a University of Chicago trained economist.
The simplified dictionary key which represented English the way it was spoken was originally developed, under contract, for an avionics application.
Malone taught the system to his curious son and his son taught the code to his
preschool friends. The kids became code literate in the process of exchanging messages. More at Wikipedia
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Can you read this?
"wuns upxn u tIm u lxng tIm ugO Dc livd u fer prinsus."
If not, you could learn the 12 unfamiliar sound signs in about 15 min. There are only 40 sound-symbol correspondences you already know over half of them.
Preschool children can over-learn the code in 3 months. Quick code literacy enables the beginner to read traditional text
at a 3rd grade level in 9 months.