synced-lyrics: romanization

[ArjixWasTaken]

I plan to add romanization support to the plugin synced-lyrics, for that we'll need the addition of the following libraries:

1. https://github.com/hotoo/pinyin (chinese)
2. https://github.com/toss/es-hangul (korean)
3. https://github.com/hexenq/kuroshiro (japanese)

I am making this discussion so we can discuss if the above list should be replaced with better libraries, or more libraries to be added for more languages.

cc: @JellyBrick, @Su-Yong

[Su-Yong]

I think toss/es-hangul is the best choice for Korean.
It is maintained by toss that is big tech company in Korean. So it seems to be a more reliable than fujaru/aromanize-js

here is a doc about romanize

[JellyBrick]

For Korean, I recommend this library (made by a famous bank in Korea): https://www.npmjs.com/package/es-hangul

see https://es-hangul.slash.page/en/docs/api/romanize.en

[JellyBrick]

And, for Japanese, I recommend https://github.com/hexenq/kuroshiro

[Su-Yong]

Japanese has some issue. I'd want to use this hexenq/kuroshio. But in description, it doesn't support romanize function because converting furigana to romaji is not matched real pronunciation.

For example, you'll get "kousi", "koushi", "koushi" respectively when converts kana "こうし" to romaji using nippon, passport, hepburn romanization system.

for more details, see https://green.adam.ne.jp/roomazi/onamae.html#naze

So, We will use kuroshiro, We need to map kana to romaji

[okinawaa]

Thank you to everyone who has mentioned es-hangul.
I’m the developer managing this project. If es-hangul doesn’t provide a feature you need, please feel free to reach out at any time.
I’ll be happy to support you promptly and to the highest standard.

[JellyBrick]

es-hangul has now been applied to the project! Thanks!

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[ArjixWasTaken]

Made a PR, here!

[AARP41298]

Hello, just a personal fun fact:
For Korean letters, there is the McCune romanization system. I've been listening to K-pop for years, and since I discovered this method a few months ago, singing the songs has become much easier.

The best website I've worked with is https://www.laotouzi.de/conv/ (specifically the second box that uses https://www.laotouzi.de/conv/neuer_versuch.js).

Because of how it works, some English phrases gets translated (and broken), and some characters seem to get lost (??).

[Andi9910]

im just going back here and wants to thank you all ❤️