lingo

A command-line tool for converting text to NATO phonetic alphabet words.

Quickstart

# Install dependencies and create the local environment
uv sync

# Convert text
uv run lingo "hello world"

# Or run interactively
uv run lingo

Install Systemwide

To make the lingo command available globally through uv tools, install the published package:

uv tool install lingo-cli

# Then run it directly
lingo "hello world"

To update later:

uv tool upgrade lingo-cli

What It Does

• Converts letters to NATO phonetic words
• Treats upper and lower case the same
• Prints spaces as blank lines
• Leaves non-letter characters unchanged

License

See LICENSE file for details.