phonetic-analyzer

name	phonetic-analyzer
description	Convert text to IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) and calculate phonetic similarity between texts. Use when analyzing pronunciation, comparing sounds across languages, or checking phonetic distance.

Phonetic Analyzer

Convert text to IPA transcription and measure phonetic similarity.

Tools

Run scripts from this skill's scripts/ directory using the shared .venv:

text_to_ipa

python skills/phonetic-analyzer/scripts/phonetic_analysis.py "<text>" "<language>"

Returns the IPA transcription of the input text.

calculate_ipa_similarity

python skills/phonetic-analyzer/scripts/phonetic_analysis.py "<text1>" "<language>" "<text2>"

Returns IPA for both texts and a similarity score (0.0 to 1.0).

Supported Languages

• en-us, en - English
• cmn, zh, zh-cn, zh-tw - Chinese (Mandarin)
• ja - Japanese
• Any language supported by espeak

Notes

• Uses phonemizer with espeak backend for IPA conversion.
• Similarity uses panphon feature-based edit distance.
• For Chinese, set is_chinese=True to convert via pinyin first.