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 Entry = 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 Entry [Phones]

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

data DictSource

Options for the initial source of the CMUDict. Currently, we can either parse from plaintext file or load preprocessed binary

Constructors

PlainText

Binary

initDict :: Maybe FilePath -> DictSource -> 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