NAME Lingua::JA::Kana - Kata-Romaji related utilities VERSION $Id: README,v 0.1 2007/12/08 11:09:30 dankogai Exp $ SYNOPSIS use Lingua::JA::Kana; my $hiragana = romaji2hiragana("ohayou"); my $katakana = romaji2katakana("ohasumi"); my $romaji = kana2romaji($str); DESCRIPTION This module is a simple utility to convert katakana, hiragana, and romaji at ease. This module makes use of utf8 semantics which is introduced in Perl 5.8.0 and became stable enough in Perl 5.8.1 so you need Perl 5.8.1 or better. Also note that strings in this module must be utf8-flagged. If they are not, you can use Encode to do so. use Encode; use Lingua::JA::Kana my $romaji = kana2romaji(decode_utf8 $octet); See Encode, perluniintro, and perlunicode for details. EXPORT This module exports functions below: hiragana2katakana Converts all occurance of hiragana to katakana. my $hiragana = hiragana2katakana($str); hira2kata its alias. katakana2hiragana Converts all occurance of katakana to hiragana. "kata2hira" is an alias thereof. my $katakana = katakana2hiragana($str); kata2hira its alias. romaji2katakana Converts all occurance of romaji to katakana. my $romaji = romaji2hiragana($str); romaji2hiragana Converts all occurance of romaji to hiragana. my $katakana = romaji2hiragana($str); kana2romaji Converts all occurance of kana (both katakana and hiragana) to romaji. my $romaji = kana2romaji($str); INSTALLATION To install this module, run the following commands: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install AUTHOR Dan Kogai, "" BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-lingua-ja-kana at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. SUPPORT You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Lingua::JA::Kana You can also look for information at: * RT: CPAN's request tracker * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation * CPAN Ratings * Search CPAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Lingua::JA::Romaji COPYRIGHT & LICENSE Copyright 2007 Dan Kogai, all rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.