NAME Ham::Reference::Phonetics - A quick reference for the ITU Phonetic Alphabet.

VERSION Version 0.02

INSTALLATION To install this module, run the following commands:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

SYNOPSIS use Ham::Reference::Phonetics;

 my $phonetics = Ham::Reference::Phonetics->new(
        space => '<space>'
 );

 # use the get() function to get a string of phonetics

 print $phonetics->get('abc xyz');
 print "
";

 # use the get_array() function to get an array of phonetics
 # with each one in an element

 my $arrayref = $phonetics->get_arrayref('abc xyz');
 foreach (@$arrayref) {
        print "$_
";
 }

 # use a hash reference to get all phonetics
 # the following will display all letters and corresponding phonetics

 my $hashref = $phonetics->get_hashref();
 foreach (sort keys %$hashref)
 {
        print "$_ = $hashref->{$_}
";
 }

DESCRIPTION The "Ham::Reference::Phonetics" module is a quick reference to the ITU phonetic alphabet suggested by the ARRL for Amateur Radio use. Other phonetic alphabets may be included in the future. Some can already be found in "Lingua::Alphabet::Phonetic".

CONSTRUCTOR new() Usage : my $phonetics = Ham::Reference::Phonetics->new(); Function : creates a new Ham::Reference::Phonetics object Returns : A Ham::Reference::Phonetics object Args : an anonymous hash: key required? value

            phonetic_set  no          select the phonetic alphabet set
                                      the only set for now, and the default set
                                      is itu
            space         no          set a string to represent a space when
                                      using methods to convert to phonetics
                                      default is an empty string

METHODS get() Usage : my $string = $phonetics->get( 'this is my string' ); Function : converts a string to a string of corresponding phonetic words Returns : a string Args : a string

get_arrayref() Usage : my $arrayref = $phonetics->get_arrayref( 'this is my string' ); Function : converts a string to an array reference of corresponding phonetic words one phonetic word per element Returns : an array reference Args : a string

get_hashref() Usage : my $hashref = $phonetics->get_hashref(); Function : get the phonetic alphabet in a hash referenece Returns : a hash reference Args : n/a

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The ITU phonetic alphabet for Amateur Radio use was taken from http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/fsd220.html#alphabet, courtesy of the American Radio Relay League.

SEE ALSO Other phonetic alphabets can found in "Lingua::Alphabet::Phonetic".

AUTHOR Brad McConahay N8QQ, ""

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE "Ham::Reference::Phonetics" is Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Brad McConahay N8QQ.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0. For details, see the full
text of the license in the file LICENSE.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but it
is provided "as is" and without any express or implied warranties. For
details, see the full text of the license in the file LICENSE.