Syllables: A fast syllable estimator for Python
Syllables is a fast, simple syllable estimator for Python. It's intended for use in places where speed matters. For situations where accuracy matters, please consider the cmudict Python library instead.
Installation
syllables is available on PyPI. Simply install it with pip:
pip install syllables
You can also install it from source:
$ git clone https://github.com/prosegrinder/python-syllables.git
Cloning into 'python-syllables'...
...
$ cd python-syllables
$ python setup.py install
...
Usage
Syllables provides a single function, estimate, which estimates the number of
syllables in a single word.
>>> import syllables
>>> syllables.estimate('estimate')
4
>>> syllables.estimate('syllables')
3
