I’ve tried a bunch of things. It’s 80-90% correct, but failing 10-20% of the time due to irregulars isn’t acceptable. I think I have to look into a database table lookup solution, but I’m dreading it.
Thanks, Rick > On Mar 21, 2022, at 4:18 PM, Craig Newman via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Such cases are rare, certainly, but “queue” comes to mind. I am sure that a > vowel parsing routine will be reasonably accurate, but not perfect, as per > the previous example. > > A quick search did not turn up any “list of all words and their syllable > count”, but there still might be one. One site mentioned that algorithms were > being used, but were “not perfect”. > > Craig _______________________________________________ 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
