spell.py

Spells text using various alphabets. By default, uses the NATO phonetic alphabet.

usage:

python3 spell.py [-h] [-d DICTIONARY] [text]

positional arguments:

text                  text to be spelled, if omitted spells from the standard input

optional arguments:

-h, --help            show this help message and exit 
-d DICT, --dict DICT  custom dictionary (in JSON format)

Examples

To spell using the default NATO phonetic alphabet, use

python3 spell.py Hello 

To spell the text "Hello" using Morse code, use

python3 spell.py -d Morse.json Hello

To spell from the standard input using the default NATO phonetic alphabet, use

python3 spell.py

then start typing (end with CTRL+D on UNIX-like systems).

spell.py accepts UNIX-like piping, e.g., type

cat some_file.txt | python3 spell.py # or python3 spell.py < some_file.txt

to spell the content of some_file.txt.

Creating custom dictionaries

You can create your own custom dictionary in JSON format, see NATO.json or Morse.json for details.