freebsd-ports/textproc/p5-Text-Metaphone/pkg-descr
Pete Fritchman 305884cfe5 Add p5-Text-Metaphone 1.96, a modern soundex: phonetic encoding of
words.

PR:		33383
Submitted by:	Seamus Venasse <svenasse@polaris.ca>
2002-01-27 05:10:10 +00:00

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Metaphone() is a function whereby a string/word is broken down into
a rough approximation of its english phonetic pronunciation. Very
similar in concept and purpose to soundex, but much more comprehensive
in its approach.
WWW: http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Text-Metaphone
Seamus Venasse <svenasse@polaris.ca>