Soundex algorithm implementation for English and Indian languages
Project description
Soundex is phonetic algorithm for indexing names by sound as pronounced in English. LibIndic’s soundex module implements Soundex algorithm for Engish as well as a modified version of soundex algorithm for Indian languages.
Details on how Soundex is implemented can be found at [Santhosh’s blog](http://thottingal.in/blog/2009/07/26/indicsoundex/)
Installation
Python 3 is required. Using with venv is recommended
$ pip install libindic-soundex
Usage
from libindic.soundex import Soundex instance = Soundex() instance.soundex(u"കൃത്രിമം") u'\u0d15PKPBN00' instance.compare(u"വിദ്യാർഥി", u"വിദ്യാർദി") 1 instance.compare(u"മോര്", u"മുതിര") -1 instance.compare(u'ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು', u'बॆंगळूरु') 2
