SpellingAlphabet
SpellingAlphabet is a conversion module for spelling alphabet (phonetic alphabet).
Supports Latin alphabets and Japanese kana.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'spelling_alphabet'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install spelling_alphabet
Usage
Gem
In your ruby source, write the line below:
require "spelling_alphabet"Letters to Words
SpellingAlphabet::ITU.spellout("ABC") #=> "Alfa Bravo Charlie"
SpellingAlphabet::Japanese.spellout("イロハ") #=> "いろはのイ ローマのロ はがきのハ"Words to letters
SpellingAlphabet::ITU.interpret("Yankee Zulu Nadazero")).to eq("YZ0")
SpellingAlphabet::Japanese.interpret("朝日のア いろはのイ 上野のウ") # => "アイウ"Command
SpellingAlphabet gem also includes "spellout" command which converts given words to a sequence of spelling alphabet.
> spellout -h
Usage: spellout [options] WORDS
Convert WORDS to a sequence of spelling alphabet(phonetic alphabet)
Options:
-w, --word-set=WORD_SET Speify the word set for conversion (default: ITU)
-i, --interpret Interpret WORDS instead of spellingout
Supported word sets:
ITU ITU Phonetic Alphabet and Figure Code
ICAO ICAO Radiotelephony Alphabet
Japanese Japanese radiotelephony alphabet (requires UTF-8 environment)
Here are some examples:
> spellout a b 1
Alfa Bravo Unaone
> spellout -i Alfa Bravo Unaone
AB1
> spellout -w Japanese 1
数字のひと
Development
Test
Run the tests in spec directory:
$ cd spelling_alphabet
$ rake spec
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/hashimoton/spelling_alphabet.
License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.