RiTa is an open-source software toolkit for generative writing and English natural language, originally developed using the Java language by Daniel C. Howe and collaborators, and later implemented in JavaScript as rita.js. Current versions of RiTa (Version 2.0 was released in 2021) are implemented in both Java and JavaScript and integrate with p5.js, Processing, Node and Android.
Features
Usage examples
// In JavaScript/Node
let RiTa = require('rita'); console.log(RiTa.rhymes('sweet'));
/*[
'beat', 'beet', 'cheat', 'cleat', 'compete', 'complete', 'conceit', 'concrete', 'deceit', 'defeat', ... ]*/
let features = RiTa.analyze('The elephant took a bite!'); console.log(features);
/*{
phones: 'dh-ah eh-l-ah-f-ah-n-t t-uh-k ey b-ay-t !', stresses: '0 1/0/0 1 1 1 !', syllables: 'dh-ah eh/l-ah/f-ah-n-t t-uh-k ey b-ay-t !', pos: 'dt nn vbd dt nn !', tokens: 'The elephant took a bite !' }*/
// In Java/Processing
import rita.*;
void setup() { size(100, 200); textSize(16); fill(0);
String[] words = RiTa.rhymes("sweet"); for (int i = 0; i < words.length; i++) { text(words[i], 20, 20 + i * 18); }
println(RiTa.analyze("The elephant took a bite!")); }
Related projects
Projects using RiTa
License
RiTa is free, libre and open-source according to the GNU General Public License.
Notes
The name RiTa is derived from the old Norse, meaning to mark, scratch, or scribble.