Subj : Re: Determining Syllables
To   : comp.programming
From : Arthur J. O'Dwyer
Date : Thu Aug 04 2005 03:26 pm


On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Arthur J. O'Dwyer wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, pemo wrote:
>> 
>> Does anyone know of an algorithm that can accurately determine the number 
>> of syllables in a given English word - esp. if that word isn't already 
>> 'known' by such an algorithm?

   By the way, as Walter Roberson mentioned, you have to consider the 
"union-ized/un-i-on-ized" problem, and how you're going to handle it.

   You may want to Google "phonetic dictionary"; I was just reading an old 
thread on the linux-elitists mailing list
http://zgp.org/pipermail/linux-elitists/2000-February/000229.html
discussing the exact same problem, and apparently all that OP needed was 
to download an existing dictionary. Of course, this doesn't solve the 
"Worcestershire" problem. :)

   The same thread contains the output of an application of the syllable 
counter to find haiku in the Linux documentation. Brilliant stuff.
http://zgp.org/pipermail/linux-elitists/2000-February/000239.html

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-Arthur

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