PHONEM Encoder

Encode a string with the PHONEM algorithm. This gem can be used for finding strings by their phonetic sound - optimized for the german language.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'phonem_encoder'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install phonem_encoder

Usage

Call phonetic_encode on any string to get the phonetic code of the string.

"Müller".phonetic_code

This will output "mylr"

Documentation

http://rubydoc.info/gems/phonem_encoder/frames

Development

Questions or problems? Please post them on the issue tracker.

Contributing

  1. Fork it
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  5. Create new Pull Request

This gem is created by Arndt Touby and is under the MIT License.