Text.Pronounce.ParseDict

This module has functions for parsing the CMU pronouncing dictionary, and exports the CMUdict type and the function initDict to the main module Text.Pronounce

Documentation

type EntryWord = Text

Represents an entry word in the cmu pronouncing dictionary (simply an alias for Text to improve type specificity and readability

type Phones = Text

Represents a string containing the phonetic breakdown of a word, in a similar manner to the EntryWord type

type CMUdict = Map EntryWord [Phones]

A Map from EntryWords to lists of possible pronunciations (Phones), serving as our representation of the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

initDict :: Maybe FilePath -> Bool -> IO CMUdict

Initializes the cmu pronunctiation dictionary into our program, given an optional file name of the dictionary

stdDict :: IO CMUdict

Default settings for initDict

parseDict :: Text -> CMUdict

Go through all the entries in the dictionary, parsing, and inserting into the map data structure

parseLine :: ReadP (String, String)

Parses a line in the dictionary, returning as (key,val) pair, ignoring parenthetical part if it exists