import java.util.*;
// 注意类名必须为 Main, 不要有任何 package xxx 信息
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
// 注意 hasNext 和 hasNextLine 的区别
while (in.hasNext()) { // 注意 while 处理多个 case
String str = in.nextLine();
int min = 0;
//判断奇偶
if(str.length()%2==0){//偶数
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(str);
String reStr = sb.reverse().toString();
char[] head1 = str.substring(0,str.length()/2).toCharArray();
char[] head2 = reStr.substring(0,reStr.length()/2).toCharArray();
//不用获取后半部分,因为26-前部部分每个字母变化的次数 = 后半部分字母变化的次数
//abcdef
//fedcba
//前半部分变a->f,b->e,c->d
//后半部分变f->a,e->b,d->c
//操作次数
for(int i = 0;i<head1.length;i++){
if(head1[i]-head2[i]==0){
min += 0;
}else{
int x = Math.abs(head1[i]-head2[i]);
min += Math.min(x,26-x);
}
}
}else{//奇数
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(str);
String reStr = sb.reverse().toString();
char[] head1 = str.substring(0,(str.length()-1)/2).toCharArray();
char[] head2 = reStr.substring(0,(reStr.length()-1)/2).toCharArray();
for(int i = 0;i<head1.length;i++){
if(head1[i]-head2[i]==0){
min += 0;
}else{
int x = Math.abs(head1[i]-head2[i]);
min += Math.min(x,26-x);
}
}
}
System.out.println(min);
}
}
}