Learn to write Spanish and English words. Aprende a escribir palabras en Inglés y Español

smart-lola.rb

# Requires an Apple Mac and Ruby
# I created this gist just to help my daughter to learn how words are written in Spanish and English.
# The script will pronounce a random word in the language selected and the child needs to write the word letter by letter.

require 'string_pattern'
require 'open3'
require 'io/console'

ENV['NOMBRE'] ||= 'Pedro'
ENGLISH = ENV['ENGLISH'] == 'true'
MAYUSCULAS = ENV['MAYUSCULAS'] == 'true'
RAND = ENV['RAND'] != 'false'
ACENTOS = ENV['ACENTOS'] == 'true'

if ENGLISH
    PALABRAS = "Daddy, Mommy, house, hug, table, food, chair, car, glass, kiss, dish, door, baby, Mario, pictures, pasta, bed, robot,
    computer, screens, milk, water, apple, wolf, sleepy, dream, sleep, trees, sea, man, woman, princess, king, prince, queen, coat"
else
    PALABRAS = "Papá, Mamá, casa, abrazo, mesa, comida, silla, coche, vaso, beso, plato, puerta, nene, nena, Mario, Ruiz, fotos, pasta, cama, robot, 
    pantallas, ordenador, leche, agua, manzana, lobo, sueño, dormir, árboles, mar, hombre, mujer, princesa, reina, rey, abrigo"
end

def di(txt,printit=true)
    puts "\n"
    ENGLISH ? voice = 'Samantha': voice = 'Monica'
    stdin, stdout, stderr, wait_thr = Open3.popen3("say -v #{voice} \"#{txt}\" ")
    txt.upcase! if MAYUSCULAS
    unless ACENTOS
        txt = txt.gsub('á','a').gsub('é','e').gsub('í','i').gsub('ó','o').gsub('ú','u')
        txt = txt.gsub('Á','A').gsub('É','E').gsub('Í','I').gsub('Ó','O').gsub('Ú','U')
    end
    txt.each_char do |ch|
        sleep (rand*0.1)
        print ch if printit
    end
    puts "\n"
    while wait_thr.status == 'run' or wait_thr.status == 'sleep'
        sleep 0.2
    end
end

def pregunta(txt, una=false)
    print "> "
    if una
        print txt
        di txt[-1], false
        resp = STDIN.getch
    else
        di txt
        resp = gets.upcase.chop
    end
    resp.upcase!
    resp = resp.gsub('Á','A').gsub('É','E').gsub('Í','I').gsub('Ó','O').gsub('Ú','U') unless ACENTOS
    return resp
end

if ENGLISH
    di "Hi #{ENV['NOMBRE']}!. I'm Lola"
    di "Your robot teacher."
    di "Let's play"
else
    di "Hola #{ENV['NOMBRE']}!. Soy Lola"
    di "Tu maestra robot."
    di "Vamos a jugar"
end

resp = ''
while resp!='SI' and resp!='SÍ' and resp!='NO' and resp!='YES' do
    if ENGLISH
        resp = pregunta("Do you want to play?")
    else
        resp = pregunta("¿Quieres jugar un ratito?")
    end
    if  resp == "SI" or resp == 'SÍ' or resp == 'YES'
        if ENGLISH
            di "Perfect, so let's learn to write some words"
        else
            di "Perfecto, pues vamos a aprender a escribir algunas palabras"
        end
        while true
            if RAND
                if ENGLISH
                    palabra = "1-15:w&".gen
                else
                    palabra = "1-15:p&".gen
                end
            else
                palabra = PALABRAS.split(", ").sample
            end
            palabra.upcase! if MAYUSCULAS
            if ENGLISH
                di "Let's see how to write the word, #{palabra}"
            else
                di "Vamos a ver cómo se escribe la palabra, #{palabra}"
            end
            palabra_tmp = ''
            palabra.each_char do |ch|
                correcto = false
                while !correcto
                    palabra_tmp+=ch
                    resp = pregunta(palabra_tmp, true)
                    if resp == ch.upcase
                        correcto = true
                    else
                        palabra_tmp.chop!
                        if ENGLISH
                            di "Try again, that was, #{resp}"
                        else
                            di "Prueba otra vez, eso era una, #{resp}"
                        end
                    end
                end

            end
            di palabra
            if ENGLISH
                di "Well done"
            else
                di "Muy bien"
            end
        end
    elsif resp == 'NO'
        if ENGLISH
            di "See you soon"
            di "Bye bye"
        else
            di "Nos vemos pronto"
            di "Adiós. Chao chao"
        end
    else
        if ENGLISH
            di "I didn't understand you, you can answer, Yes or No"
        else
            di "No he entendido, puedes responder, Sí o No"
        end
    end
end