PronounceDict Class Reference

PronounceDict class. More...

#include <pronounce_dict.h>

Collaboration diagram for PronounceDict:

Public Member Functions
	PronounceDict (const std::string &pronun_dict_filename)
	Constructs a PronounceDict from a CMU pronunciation dictionary file. More...
	PronounceDict (const std::map< std::string, std::vector< std::string >> &pronun_dict)
	Constructs a PronounceDict from a CMU std::map mapping the word to a vector of strings which represent the pronunciation. More...
bool	homophones (const std::string &word1, const std::string &word2) const
	Uses the dictionary to determine if the two words are homophones. More...

Private Attributes
std::map< std::string, std::vector< std::string > >	dict

Detailed Description

PronounceDict class.

Provides an interface for finding the pronunciation of a given word based on a pronunciation dictionary provided at construction. Also provides an interface for determining if two word share a pronunciation (they are homophones).

Author

Matt Joras

Date

Winter 2013

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

PronounceDict::PronounceDict

(

const std::string &

pronun_dict_filename

)

Constructs a PronounceDict from a CMU pronunciation dictionary file.

See http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cmudict .

Parameters

pronun_dict_filename

Filename of the CMU pronunciation dictionary.

PronounceDict::PronounceDict

(

const std::map< std::string, std::vector< std::string >> &

pronun_dict

)

Constructs a PronounceDict from a CMU std::map mapping the word to a vector of strings which represent the pronunciation.

Parameters

pronun_dict

Maps a string word to a vector of strings representing its pronunciation.

Member Function Documentation

bool PronounceDict::homophones	(	const std::string &	word1,
		const std::string &	word2
	)		const

Uses the dictionary to determine if the two words are homophones.

Parameters

word1	First word to be tested.
word2	Second word to be tested.

Returns

true if the two words are homophones, false otherwise (or one or both words weren't in the dictionary). Note: The word keys in the dictionary are stored in uppercase.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• pronounce_dict.h
• pronounce_dict.cpp