Ann, for a phonetic matching algorithm, google for "soundex" and "metaphone". I believe the SimMetrics project includes an implementation of the former.
hello Lasse Koskela, I think SimMetrics is not open source. Actually I need the code of Phonic Search Method. As I told earlier I want that to implement in my program.
With Lov Ann.
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