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diff --git a/perl/perl-Lingua-EN-Syllable/README b/perl/perl-Lingua-EN-Syllable/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..1376a06690304 --- /dev/null +++ b/perl/perl-Lingua-EN-Syllable/README @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +perl-Linuga-EN-Syllable + +Lingua::EN::Syllable::syllable() estimates the number of syllables in +the word passed to it. + +Note that it isn't entirely accurate... it fails (by one syllable) for +about 10-15% of my /usr/dict/words. The only way to get a 100% accurate +count is to do a dictionary lookup, so this is a small and fast +alternative where more-or-less accurate results will suffice, such as +estimating the reading level of a document. + +I welcome pointers to more accurate algorithms, since this one is +pretty quick-and-dirty. This was designed for English (well, American +at least) words, but sometimes guesses well for other languages. |