arced-foundation/meaning

A Stata module that uses internet to search for the meaning for a word or phrase, and print in a temporary text file. You can listen to the pronunciation using pronounce option.

meaning

A Stata module that uses internet to search for the meaning for a word or phrase, and print in a temporary text file. You can listen to the pronunciation using pronounce option.

The command works in windows only. It searches meaning for a word or phrase, and paste the search result in a temporary notepad file. If you close the notepad window, the search result is deleted. If you specify pronunciation option, make sure the audio from your computer is on.

This program uses windows powershell and internet exploer to search in google.

Installation

** Install from ssc
    ssc install meaning

** Install from GitHub
    net install meaning, all replace from(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARCED-Foundation/meaning/master)

Syntax

meaning [, options]

help meaning

Options

Options	Description
pronounce	Listen to the pronunciation. Remember to turn on audio.

Example Syntax

meaning poverty
meaning poverty, pronunciation
meaning poverty, pro

Please report all bugs/feature request to the github issues page.

Author

Mehrab Ali
Email: [email protected]

meaning's Issues

Conflict with Microsoft Edge

It happens in Windows 11. Microsoft Edge opens up and the results are shown. Although, the notepad opens, but no data shown there.