Subj : Re: Determining Syllables
To   : comp.programming,comp.lang.c
From : Malcolm
Date : Thu Aug 04 2005 10:13 pm


"pemo" <peet.morris@comlab.ox.ac.uk> 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?
>
> FYI, there are two approaches I'm currently considering.
>
It's a machine learning problem. Try Hidden Markov Models or neural 
networks. However the language you chose to implement such an algorithm in 
will be the least of your problems, so comp.lang.c isn't very relevant.

Look at the NETtalk program. That used a neural network to convert text to 
speech (phonemes) and could easily be modified to count syallables per word, 
I would imagine.

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