Subj : [Code review] Re: Determining Syllables
To   : comp.programming
From : Arthur J. O'Dwyer
Date : Fri Aug 05 2005 12:09 am


On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Arthur J. O'Dwyer wrote:
>
>  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.

   Well, I took the afternoon and coded up a haiku-finder based on a 
phonetic dictionary (coincidentally, one provided by a CMU language 
researcher!). I've put it in the usual spot:
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~ajo/disseminate/sdictlib.h
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~ajo/disseminate/sdictlib.c
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~ajo/disseminate/haiku-finder.c

   Hope this helps.

-Arthur
-- 
He was pleased when he
finally had his head in
front of the doorway

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