Options for importing an IPA dictionary

[Greg Hedlund]

Hello Ruben,

On 16-Mar-2023 06:23, Ruben Schachtenhaufen wrote:
> Dear developers,
>
> I am developing a Danish IPA dictionary at https://udtaleordbog.dk/. I 
> would like to integrate the dictionary with Phon in some way.

It is possible to create a plug-in jar that you could distribute to your 
users and provides your custom dictionary. I can provide instructions 
for how to create this file.

>
> As my dictionary is in development, ideally I would like users to be 
> able to get the latest updates at all times in an automated way, and I 
> would also like to get feedback on missing words so I can add them to 
> the dictionary.
>
> Do you have technical solutions for connecting Phon to an online 
> dictionary, e.g. via an API?

We have never really considered this approach as we have been developing 
Phon as an offline application (aside from automatic updates.)  While it 
is possible to quickly modify the application to load dictionary files 
from an online resource, latency and connection issues have not been 
fully considered and may cause unexpected issues in the application.

Custom dictionary types may be added to the application using a plugin.  
The basic Idea would be to implement 
https://www.phon.ca/apidocs/ca/phon/ipadictionary/spi/IPADictionarySPI.html 
so that the lookup function calls your online API and returns a list of 
ipa strings for the given orthography.  You would also need to create 
your own 
https://www.phon.ca/apidocs/ca/phon/ipadictionary/DictionaryProvider.html 
which will create an instance of 
https://www.phon.ca/apidocs/ca/phon/ipadictionary/IPADictionary.html 
that uses your custom SPI.  Finally place the fully qualified name of 
the dictionary provider class in a file named 
META-INF/services/ca.phon.ipadictionary.DictionaryProvider.

If you wish to go this route please contact my personal email and I will 
help with setting up the Java project.

Cheers,

-Greg


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