StringToIpa

A simple little Ruby gem that converts strings to the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'string_to_ipa'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install string_to_ipa

#to_ipa

To convert a string to the International Phonetic Alphabet:

"yay".to_ipa
=> "jˈeɪ" 

If the string isn't in the database, calling .to_ipa simply returns the original string.

#to_word

To convert the phonetic version of a word to the American English spelling:

"jˈeɪ".to_word
=> "yay"

Likewise, if the phonetic spelling isn't in the database, calling .to_word will return the phonetic spelling.

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/hilarysk/string_to_ipa/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request

The Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary was used in the creation of this gem. Their copyright notice follows:

Copyright (C) 1993-2015 Carnegie Mellon University. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. The contents of this file are deemed to be source code

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

This work was supported in part by funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation of the United States of America, and by member companies of the Carnegie Mellon Sphinx Speech Consortium. We acknowledge the contributions of many volunteers to the expansion and improvement of this dictionary.

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