NAME

Text::Metaphone - A modern soundex.  Phonetic encoding of words.


SYNOPSIS

 use Text::Metaphone;
 $phoned_words = Metaphone('Schwern');


DESCRIPTION

C<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.


AUTHOR

Michael G Schwern <[email protected]>


WHAT IS THIS?

This is Text::Metaphone, a perl module.  Please see the README that comes with
this distribution.

HOW DO I INSTALL IT?

To install this module, cd to the directory that contains this README
file and type the following:

  perl Makefile.PL
  make
  make test
  make install

To install this module into a specific directory, do:
  perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/name/of/the/directory
  ...the rest is the same...

Please also read the perlmodinstall man page, if available.

WHAT EXTRAS DO I NEED?

       An ANSI C compiler

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