Midtext

Midtext is not a standard part of of cipher encryption, but the Icarus Cipher is unique in that it translates plaintext into another type of text before it is fully encrypted into cipher text. To perform this translation, the plaintext is translated into phonetic symbols. The midtext alphabet is actually a set of modified phonetic symbols that stand in for the common sounds in the English language.

To translate plaintext into midtext, you must refer to the standard English pronunciation of the word, and using the phonetic symbol that matches each sound in the word, translate the plaintext from English to the midtext alphabet. For example, for the plaintext “Meet us at the administrative building,” the midtext would be translated to “MĒT US AT ðĒ ADMINISTRĀTIV BILDIŋ.”