string to phonetic code. for macruby. -- % macirb irb(main):001:0> require 'phonetic' => true irb(main):002:0> 'ruby'.to_phonetic_code => "Romeo. Uniform. Bravo. Yankee" irb(main):003:0> 'ruby'.to_phonetic_code.speech => "Romeo. Uniform. Bravo. Yankee"