🌈 Words With Toddlers! 🎨

A fun, colorful, and toddler-safe typing application built with Rust and Iced GUI framework. Perfect for introducing young children to letters and numbers on the keyboard!

✨ Features

• 🔤 Large, Colorful Letters: Each typed character appears in huge, randomly colored text
• 🔢 Letters & Numbers: Supports both alphabetic characters and numbers 0-9
• 🌈 Rainbow Welcome Screen: Engaging multicolored title to capture toddlers' attention
• 📏 Dynamic Sizing: Text automatically resizes based on the number of characters (up to 25)
• 🔒 Toddler-Safe:
  • Escape key to exit (harder for toddlers to accidentally press)
  • Window stays always-on-top
  • Maximizable window for full immersion
• 🧹 Easy Clear: Press Enter to clear all letters and start fresh
• ⌫ Backspace Support: Remove the last typed character

🚀 Installation

Prerequisites

• Rust (1.70 or later)
• Cargo

Build from Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/words-with-toddlers.git
cd words-with-toddlers

# Build in release mode for best performance
cargo build --release

# Run the application
cargo run --release

🎮 Usage

1. Launch the app: Run cargo run --release
2. Type letters or numbers: They appear in large, colorful text
3. Press Enter: Clear all text
4. Press Backspace: Remove last character
5. Press Escape: Exit the application

Text Size Scaling

The app intelligently scales text size based on character count:

• 1-3 characters: Huge (300px)
• 4-6 characters: Very Large (200px)
• 7-10 characters: Large (150px)
• 11-15 characters: Medium (100px)
• 16-20 characters: Small (80px)
• 21-25 characters: Compact (60px)

🔐 Toddler Safety Tips

macOS Guided Access (Recommended)

For the safest toddler experience on macOS:

1. Go to System Settings → Accessibility → Guided Access
2. Enable Guided Access and set a passcode
3. Launch Words with Toddlers
4. Triple-click the Touch ID/power button to activate Guided Access
5. The Mac is now locked to just this app until you triple-click and enter the passcode

Additional Safety Features

• Window stays always-on-top to prevent accidental app switching
• Only Escape key exits (harder for toddlers to find)
• No external links or dangerous actions

🏗️ Project Structure

words-with-toddlers/
├── src/
│   ├── main.rs          # Application entry point
│   ├── app.rs           # Main application logic
│   ├── letter.rs        # Letter struct definition
│   ├── message.rs       # Message handling
│   └── utils/
│       ├── mod.rs       # Utils module
│       └── color.rs     # Color conversion utilities
├── Cargo.toml           # Dependencies
└── README.md            # This file

🛠️ Technical Details

Built With

• Rust - Systems programming language
• Iced - Cross-platform GUI library
• rand - Random number generation for colors

Architecture

The application follows a clean, modular architecture:

• Separation of Concerns: Each module handles a specific responsibility
• Event-Driven: Uses Iced's Elm-inspired architecture
• Type Safety: Leverages Rust's type system for reliability

🎨 Color Generation

Each letter gets a unique random color using HSL to RGB conversion:

• Hue: Random value between 0-360°
• Saturation: 80% for vibrant colors
• Lightness: 60% for good visibility on dark background

📝 License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:

• Report bugs
• Suggest new features
• Submit pull requests

👶 Perfect For

• Teaching toddlers letter recognition
• Number familiarity
• Keyboard awareness
• Color recognition
• Cause-and-effect learning
• Safe computer interaction

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Iced GUI framework developers
• Rust community
• Parents everywhere dealing with curious toddlers!

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