Forensic linguistics identifying users on the internet

[bernie1227]

It's not very accurate. Leek is translated to L337 , but L337 is not translated to leek, but to elite, which is translated to L337. So the machine cannot even distinguish between leet and elite.

You've confused me now, are you talking about leek? Or leet? That's because leet means elite, I assume. As a side note, leet is more often speeled as 1337, in all numbers in otherwords rather than with an L.

[molendijk]

Sorry, typo. Where I put leek you should read leet. Anyway, the machine does not distinguish between leet and elite. If the explanation is that the program recognizes elite as a word that is always 'pronounced' leet, then it has some intelligence after all / it is more than just a symbol converter. Am I right?

[djr33]

You're right-- it probably lists a couple words (however, that is the most obvious word for it to have, so I don't know how much else is in it).

[bernie1227]

this may help in terms of the translation:
http://paulbui.net/wl/Leet-speak_Translator
it's a python tutorial for one.