Interface LetterToSound

All Known Implementing Classes:
LetterToSoundImpl

public interface LetterToSound
Provides the phone list for words using letter-to-sound rules. The phone list is implementation dependent.
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    getPhones(String word, String partOfSpeech)
    Calculate the phone list for a given word.
  • Method Details

    • getPhones

      String[] getPhones(String word, String partOfSpeech)
      Calculate the phone list for a given word. If a phone list cannot be determined, null is returned. The phone list is implementation dependent. The format of the partOfSpeech is also implementation. If the partOfSpeech does not matter, pass in null.
      Parameters:
      word - the word to get the phone list for
      partOfSpeech - the part of speech or null
      Returns:
      the list of phones for word or null