Class: Rhopalic::Dictionary

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/rhopalic/dictionary.rb

Overview

A dictionary that maps words to of syllables. Can be passed into Rhopalic::Analysis to improve accuracy of syllable detection. Input is a pronunciation file in the format of the CMU pronunciation dictionary. See www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cmudict for details. The latest dictionary file from CMU should work out of the box.

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(input_source) ⇒ Dictionary

Initializes a dictionary from an enumerable source of dictionary entries, e.g., an open dictionary file.



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# File 'lib/rhopalic/dictionary.rb', line 21

def initialize(input_source)
  @input_source = input_source
  make_dictionary
end

Class Method Details

.from_file(filename) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/rhopalic/dictionary.rb', line 11

def self.from_file(filename)
  dict = nil
  File.open(filename) do |file|
    dict = Dictionary.new(file)
  end
  dict
end

Instance Method Details

#syllable_count(word) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/rhopalic/dictionary.rb', line 26

def syllable_count(word)
  @syllable_counts[word.upcase] || nil
end