thpronun wrapper for use in python

install.py

!apt install libthai-dev help2man
!wget ftp://linux.thai.net/pub/thailinux/software/thpronun/thpronun-0.2.0.tar.xz
!tar xf thpronun-0.2.0.tar.xz
%cd thpronun-0.2.0
!./configure --prefix=/usr
!make
!make install

thpronun.py

import subprocess
from ast import literal_eval

def thpronun(word, output='t', lattice=False):
  cmd = ['thpronun', '-'+output]
  if lattice:
    cmd.append('-g')
  cmd.append(word)
  res = subprocess.check_output(cmd)
  lines = res.decode().strip().split('\n')
  if lattice:
    return literal_eval(lines[1])
  else:
    return lines[1:]