umlaut_remover

umlaut_remover, a Python code which replaces special characters in a German text by English equivalents, based on work by John Berroa.

Licensing:

The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.

Languages:

umlaut_remover is available in a Python version.

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Source Code:

• umlaut_remover.py, the source code;
• umlaut_remover.sh, runs all the tests;
• umlaut_remover.txt, the output file.

• die_verwandlung.txt, Kafka's "Metamorphosis", in German text;
• die_verwandlung_normalized.txt, the same text, after replacement of special characters.