text: function plateGenerate() {
      let entry = document.getElementById("userText").value;
      let entryLetters = entry.split("");
    
      var plateLetters = document.createElement('ul');
    
      for (var i = 0; i < entryLetters.length; ++i) {
            // create an item for each one
            var listItem = document.createElement('li');
    
            // Add the item text
            listItem.innerHTML = entryLetters[i];
    
            // Add listItem to the listElement
            plateLetters.appendChild(listItem);
        }
    
        document.getElementById("out").innerHTML = plateLetters.innerHTML;
    
    }