I am actually having trouble finding a dictionary “dump” that would provide a list of words along with a syllabic entry attached. If such a thing exists, we only need a dozen lines of code and ten minutes to create a database mapping each word to its syllable count.
Anyone know of such a resource? Craig > On Mar 24, 2022, at 9:34 AM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Yes, I’m looking into that. Web-scraping isn’t fun though, and it can be a > lot of work. > One also has to make sure it doesn’t violate company policies etc. I’m not a > fan > of getting sued. > > Rick > >> On Mar 24, 2022, at 1:55 AM, Dick Kriesel via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> You could scrape an online dictionary to obtain the syllabification for each >> given word. >> >> For example, if you investigate >> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/syllabification >> <https://www.dictionary.com/browse/syllabification> >> <https://www.dictionary.com/browse/syllabification >> <https://www.dictionary.com/browse/syllabification>>, you can find the query >> that yielded "syl·lab·i·fi·ca·tion." >> >> You might find other dictionaries that make it easier. >> >> — Dick > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
