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title: "Discussion on \"I Thought a Dictionary Was Enough to Build an IPA App. I Was Wrong.\" | Hashnode"
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# [I Thought a Dictionary Was Enough to Build an IPA App. I Was Wrong.](https://louisbuilds.hashnode.dev/i-thought-a-dictionary-was-enough-to-build-an-ipa-app-i-was-wrong?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

What I learned building an offline English-to-IPA formatter with sentence grouping, word-by-word layout, OOV handling, and teacher-friendly exports.

Apr 25 · 11 min read · louisbuilds.hashnode.dev  
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