Pronounce

A tool for pronouncing English words using the database of Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries.

Installation

Clone the repository and then run:

cargo run cat

For convenience of invocation, add an alias to your .bash_profile:

echo "alias pronounce='cargo run --quiet --manifest-path="${PWD}/Cargo.toml"'" >> ~/.bash_profile

On macOS, one can also assign a shortcut to the tool so that, regardless of the active application, a selected word can be easily looked up using a single keystroke. To this end,

• open Automator,
• select “Service” as the document type,
• add “Run AppleScript” to the workflow,
• copy, paste, and adjust the following code:

on run {input, parameters}
	set rustup to "${HOME}/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-apple-darwin"
	set pronounce to "<PATH TO THIS REPOSITORY>"
	set command to "PATH=${PATH}:" & rustup & "/bin cargo run --manifest-path=" & pronounce & "/Cargo.toml " & input
	try
		do shell script command
	end try
	return input
end run

• save the service,
• open System Preferences,
• go to Keyboard → Shortcuts → Services, and
• look for your service and add a shortcut, for instance, ⌃⌘P.

Contribution

Your contribution is highly appreciated. Do not hesitate to open an issue or a pull request. Note that any contribution submitted for inclusion in the project will be licensed according to the terms given in LICENSE.md.