SikuliX

[HowTo] pronounce Sikuli?

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Hi. How do you pronounce Sikuli? I've heard it a couple of different ways:
siKOOlee
SIKuhlee
SKOOLee

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Best RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#1

--- from a paper about the plans with Sikuli Script at MIT CSAIL (the "home" of the developers)

In the Wixarica language of Mexico's Huichol Indians, Sikuli literally means "God's eye." It's a tribute to the tool's all-seeing approach to computer vision.

So you might evaluate, how the Huichol's pronounce(d) it ;-)

--- ... but the in "official" videos on youtube you can hear, that the developers pronounce it

sik - uh - li

- where the two i's are pronounced like in video (means shortly spoken)
- with the emphasis on the 2nd syllable, which might sound a little bit like the word you

--- this is the result of a short google research, made by a german Sikuli user, that does not speak native english nor american language - so be careful with it - no guarantee - use at your own risk ;-)

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MJ Skeet (mjskeet) said : 		#2

Thanks very much! That clears things up. I'm very happy with the answer, and how quickly you replied. :-)

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Mike (maestro+++) said : 		#3

I've just been watching DrapsTV's videos eg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTTIikzxFfc

I thought it should be 'si -coo- licks'.

But he says 'si-cooly -ecks'

So how should we pronounce it properly?

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#4

look at http://sikulix.com to understand the history.

The current Sikuli implementation I have named SikuliX which stands for Sikuli extended.

Hence 'si-cooly -ecks' is correct.