Pocket ReadLex is an Android app containing a portable version of the Read Lexicon which is a spelling dictionary for the Shavian alphabet. It contains all of the dictionary data in the package so the app does not need to access the internet.
This git repo does not include the assets containing the dictionary data. Instead it is built from the ReadLex data and the included compiledb program. The ReadLex data is in a git submodule. In order to get it, be sure to run the following git command:
git submodule update --initThe compiledb program will be built as part of the app build in order to generate the dictionary data. It is written in Rust, so you need to make sure you have a Rust compiler for the host machine installed. There is also a native library written in Rust used by the app so you will also need the 4 compiler targets that Android uses. You can install them with:
rustup target install \
aarch64-linux-android \
armv7-linux-androideabi \
i686-linux-android \
x86_64-linux-androidYou will also need the NDK installed.
Assuming you have the Android SDK installed correctly, you can build the app either with Android Studio or the command line as follows.
Debug mode:
cd $HOME/prevo
./gradlew assembleDebug
Release mode:
cd $HOME/prevo
./gradlew assembleRelease
You should then have the final package in either
app/build/outputs/apk/debug/ or app/build/outputs/apk/release/
depending on the build type.
The transliterator in the app can also be used on the terminal. Make sure you check out the git submodules to get the ReadLex repo as above, then you first need to build the dictionary for the transliterator to use as follows:
cd compiledb
cargo run --release --bin=compiledb -- \
-i ../extern/readlex/readlex.json -o ../dictionary.binThen you can transliterate like this:
cargo run --release --bin=transliterate -- ../dictionary.bin \
< my-document.txt \
> transliterated.txt