english-text-normalization 0.0.3
Command-line interface (CLI) and library to normalize English texts.
License: MIT
Requires Python: <3.13,>=3.8
Keywords: Text-to-speech,Speech synthesis,Regex,Language,Linguistics

# english-text-normalization

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Command-line interface (CLI) and library to normalize English texts.

## Installation

```sh
pip install english-text-normalization --user
```

## Usage as CLI

```sh
# Show supported normalizing operations
norm-eng-cli list-operations -h

# Normalize
norm-eng-cli normalize -h
```

## Usage as a library

```py
from english_text_normalization import *
```

## Development setup

```sh
# update
sudo apt update
# install Python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 & 3.12 for ensuring that tests can be run
sudo apt install python3-pip \
  python3.8 python3.8-dev python3.8-distutils python3.8-venv \
  python3.9 python3.9-dev python3.9-distutils python3.9-venv \
  python3.10 python3.10-dev python3.10-distutils python3.10-venv \
  python3.11 python3.11-dev python3.11-distutils python3.11-venv \
  python3.12 python3.12-dev python3.12-distutils python3.12-venv
# install pipenv for creation of virtual environments
python3.8 -m pip install pipenv --user

# check out repo
git clone https://github.com/jasminsternkopf/english_text_normalization.git
cd english_text_normalization
# create virtual environment
python3.8 -m pipenv install --dev
```

## Running the tests

```sh
# first install the tool like in "Development setup"
# then, navigate into the directory of the repo (if not already done)
cd english_text_normalization
# activate environment
python3.8 -m pipenv shell
# run tests
tox
```

Final lines of test result output:

```log
  py38: commands succeeded
  py39: commands succeeded
  py310: commands succeeded
  py311: commands succeeded
  py312: commands succeeded
  congratulations :)
```

## License

MIT License

## Acknowledgments

Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) – Project-ID 416228727 – CRC 1410

## Citation

If you want to cite this repo, you can use this BibTeX-entry generated by GitHub (see *About => Cite this repository*).

```txt
Sternkopf, J. and Taubert, S. (2024). english-text-normalization (Version 0.0.3) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10555229
```