Article updated on November 22, 2021 by Byothe
You have all certainly played rebuses in your childhood… the principle is simple, you have to guess a sentence written in the form of images or symbols that represent words or syllables. Just like charades, my children love them. There are many game books that offer to guess rebuses, but know that on the web, there is also a site that will allow you to generate your own rebuses: Rebus-O-Matic.
Generate a rebus with Rebus-O-Matic
Its use is extremely simple and in addition the site is 100% free. The site does not require any registration, you just have to type a sentence or a word in the field provided for this purpose and click on the button " Abracadabra! » to start the mill. In a few seconds, Rébus-O-Matic will generate your rebus. Depending on your needs, you can choose the size of the images (3 possible sizes).
Behind an appearance of simplicity lies a real research work on phonetics. Indeed, phoneticizing French (transforming a sentence into sounds) is not an easy matter. Depending on the context, the word "couvent" can be the place where nuns live or the present tense of the verb "couver" in the 3rd person plural. To function properly, this tool therefore relies on the work and software of Frédéric Béchet, a researcher at the Avignon Computer Science Laboratory.
Finally, if you are a gamer, the tool also hasa “guessing game” mode which will offer you sentences to guess on different themes: proverbs, film titles, funny words, famous people... and it's not as easy as it seems.
In short, here is a nice little tool for which you will certainly find plenty of uses!
Genial!!
This site seems to no longer work…
Indeed… thanks for the info