Spell It For Me

A simple command line tool to display a spelling for any phrase using a phonetic alphabet.

Can use NATO (-a nato, active by default) or law enforcement (-a police) phonetic alphabets.

More alphabets might be supported in the future.

Installation

Run the following to install:

$ pip install spell-it-for-me

Usage

By default spell will print every letter spelled on a separate line using the NATO phonetic alphabet:

$ spell Louis 
Líma
Óscar
Úniform
Índia
Siérra

Spelling phrases of several words is supported:

$ spell Worcester, MA
Whísky
Óscar
Rómeo
Chárlie
Écho
Siérra
Tángo
Écho
Rómeo
,
 
Mike
Álfa

Law enforcement alphabet is available (use -a police or --alphabet police):

$ spell -a police Louis
Lincoln
Oscar
Union
Ida
Sam

Use -v (or --verbose) to print each letter used for spelling:

spell.py -v Louis
L: Líma
o: Óscar
u: Úniform
i: Índia
s: Siérra