nysiis-phonetics
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NYSIIS phonetic algorithm
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NYSIIS (New York State Identification and Intelligence System) Phonetic Code
Install via npm
$ npm install nysiis-phonetics
About
The New York State Identification and Intelligence System Phonetic Code, commonly known as NYSIIS, is a phonetic algorithm devised in 1970 as part of the New York State Identification and Intelligence System (now a part of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services). It features an accuracy increase of 2.7% over the traditional Soundex algorithm.
See Wikipedia
Usage
var nysiis = require( 'nysiis-phonetics' )
API
nysiis( value, [truncate] ) -> String
- String value
- Boolean truncate, defaults to
true