# The textproc/p5-Text-Soundex port

## p5-Text-Soundex-3.05p0 – implementation of the soundex algorithm

## Description

    Soundex is a phonetic algorithm for indexing names by sound, as
    pronounced in English. The goal is for names with the same pronunciation
    to be encoded to the same representation so that they can be matched
    despite minor differences in spelling. Soundex is the most widely
    known of all phonetic algorithms and is often used (incorrectly)
    as a synonym for "phonetic algorithm". Improvements to Soundex are
    the basis for many modern phonetic algorithms. (Wikipedia, 2007)

    This module implements the original soundex algorithm developed by
    Robert Russell and Margaret Odell, patented in 1918 and 1922, as
    well as a variation called "American Soundex" used for US census
    data, and current maintained by the National Archives and Records
    Administration (NARA).

    The soundex algorithm may be recognized from Donald Knuth's The Art
    of Computer Programming. The algorithm described by Knuth is the
    NARA algorithm.

WWW: https://metacpan.org/release/Text-Soundex

Categories:
  perl5 textproc

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