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diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/betacode.cabal b/betacode.cabal
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+-- Initial betacode.cabal generated by cabal init.  For further 
+-- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
+
+name:                betacode
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            A codec for beta code (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Code).
+category:            Text
+description:         A codec for beta code (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Code).
+license:             Apache-2.0
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Eric Rochester
+maintainer:          erochest@gmail.com
+-- copyright:           
+-- category:            
+build-type:          Simple
+-- extra-source-files:  
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:     Text.BetaCode
+  -- other-modules:       
+  -- other-extensions:    
+  build-depends:       base >=4.7 && <4.8
+                     , errors     >=1.4  && <1.5
+                     , attoparsec >=0.12 && <0.13
+                     , hashable   >=1.2  && <1.3
+                     , text       >=1.2  && <1.3
+                     , text-icu   >=0.7  && <0.8
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+test-suite betacode-specs
+  type:                exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  ghc-options:         -threaded -rtsopts
+  hs-source-dirs:      specs
+  main-is:             Specs.hs
+  build-depends:         base       == 4.7.*
+                       , QuickCheck
+                       , smallcheck
+                       , hspec
+                       -- , tasty
+                       -- , tasty-quickcheck
+                       -- , tasty-smallcheck
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+
+source-repository this
+  type:                git
+  tag:                 0.1.0.0
+  location:            git://github.com/erochest/betacode.git
diff --git a/specs/Specs.hs b/specs/Specs.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -F -pgmF hspec-discover #-}
diff --git a/src/Text/BetaCode.hs b/src/Text/BetaCode.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+
+module Text.BetaCode
+    ( betaCode
+    , fromBeta
+    , fromBetaIgnore
+    , normalizeChars
+    , betanorm
+    , clean
+    , BetaCode
+    , unBeta
+    , toBeta
+    ) where
+
+
+import           Control.Applicative
+import           Control.Error
+import           Control.Monad
+import           Data.Attoparsec.Text
+import           Data.Char
+import           Data.Hashable
+import           Data.Monoid
+import           Data.String
+import qualified Data.Text               as T
+import           Data.Text.ICU.Normalize
+import           Data.Text.Lazy          (toStrict)
+import           Data.Text.Lazy.Builder
+import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.Builder  as B
+import           GHC.Generics            (Generic)
+
+
+-- BetaCode conversion
+
+diacritic :: Parser Char
+diacritic = choice [ char' ')'  '\x0313'  --   ̓  )   Smooth breathing    ἐν  E)N
+                   , char' '('  '\x0314'  --   ̔  (   Rough breathing ὁ, οἱ   O(, OI(
+                   , char' '/'  '\x0301'  --  ́   /   Acute accent    πρός    PRO/S
+                   , char' '='  '\x0342'  --   ͂  =   Circumflex accent   τῶν TW=N
+                   , char' '\\' '\x0300'  --  ̀   \   Grave accent    πρὸς    PRO\S
+                   , char' '+'  '\x0308'  --   ̈  +   Diaeresis   προϊέναι    PROI+E/NAI
+                   , char' '|'  '\x0345'  --   ͅ  |   Iota subscript  τῷ  TW=|
+                   , char' '&'  '\x0304'  --   ̄  &   Macron  μαχαίρᾱς    MAXAI/RA&S
+                   -- , char' '\'' '\x0306'  --   ̆  '   Breve   μάχαιρᾰ MA/XAIRA'
+                   , char' '?'  '\x0323'  -- combining dot below
+                   ]
+
+punct :: Parser Char
+punct = choice [ char  '.'            -- .	.	Period
+               , char  ','            -- ,	,	Comma
+               -- , char' ':'  '\x00b7'  -- ·	:	Colon (Ano Stigme)
+               , char  ':'            -- ·	:	Colon (Ano Stigme)
+               , char  ';'            -- ;	;	Question Mark
+               , char' '\'' '\x1fbd'  -- ’	'	Apostrophe
+               , char' '-'  '\x2010'  -- ‐	-	Hyphen
+               , char' '_'  '\x2014'  -- —	_	Dash
+               ]
+
+lowercase :: Parser Char
+lowercase = choice [ beta  'A'  'a'  '\x03b1'  -- Α    *A  Alpha   α   A
+                   , beta  'B'  'b'  '\x03b2'  -- Β    *B  Beta    β   B
+                   , beta  'G'  'g'  '\x03b3'  -- Γ    *G  Gamma   γ   G
+                   , beta  'D'  'd'  '\x03b4'  -- Δ    *D  Delta   δ   D
+                   , beta  'E'  'e'  '\x03b5'  -- Ε    *E  Epsilon ε   E
+                   , beta  'V'  'v'  '\x03dd'  -- Ϝ    *V  Digamma ϝ   V
+                   , beta  'Z'  'z'  '\x03b6'  -- Ζ    *Z  Zeta    ζ   Z
+                   , beta  'H'  'h'  '\x03b7'  -- Η    *H  Eta η   H
+                   , beta  'Q'  'q'  '\x03b8'  -- Θ    *Q  Theta   θ   Q
+                   , beta  'I'  'i'  '\x03b9'  -- Ι    *I  Iota    ι   I
+                   , beta  'K'  'k'  '\x03ba'  -- Κ    *K  Kappa   κ   K
+                   , beta  'L'  'l'  '\x03bb'  -- Λ    *L  Lambda  λ   L
+                   , beta  'M'  'm'  '\x03bc'  -- Μ    *M  Mu  μ   M
+                   , beta  'N'  'n'  '\x03bd'  -- Ν    *N  Nu  ν   N
+                   , beta  'C'  'c'  '\x03be'  -- Ξ    *C  Xi  ξ   C
+                   , beta  'O'  'o'  '\x03bf'  -- Ο    *O  Omicron ο   O
+                   , beta  'P'  'p'  '\x03c0'  -- Π    *P  Pi  π   P
+                   , beta  'R'  'r'  '\x03c1'  -- Ρ    *R  Rho ρ   R
+                   , beta' "S1" "s1" '\x03c3'  -- Σ    *S  Medial Sigma    σ   S, S1
+                   , beta' "S2" "s2" '\x03c2'  -- Σ    *S  Final Sigma ς   S, S2, J
+                   , beta' "S3" "s3" '\x03f2'  -- Ϲ    *S (*S3)    Lunate Sigma    ϲ   S (S3)
+                   , beta  'J'  'j'  '\x03c2'  -- Σ    *S  Final Sigma ς   S, S2, J
+                   , sigma
+                   -- , beta  'S'  's'  '\x03c3'  -- Σ    *S  Medial Sigma    σ   S, S1
+                   -- , beta  'S'  's'  '\x03c2'  -- Σ    *S  Final Sigma ς   S, S2, J
+                   -- , beta  'S'  's'  '\x03f2'  -- Ϲ    *S (*S3)    Lunate Sigma    ϲ   S (S3)
+                   , beta  'T'  't'  '\x03c4'  -- Τ    *T  Tau τ   T
+                   , beta  'U'  'u'  '\x03c5'  -- Υ    *U  Upsilon υ   U
+                   , beta  'F'  'f'  '\x03c6'  -- Φ    *F  Phi φ   F
+                   , beta  'X'  'x'  '\x03c7'  -- Χ    *X  Chi χ   X
+                   , beta  'Y'  'y'  '\x03c8'  -- Ψ    *Y  Psi ψ   Y
+                   , beta  'W'  'w'  '\x03c9'  -- Ω    *W  Omega   ω   W
+                   ]
+
+char' :: Char -> Char -> Parser Char
+char' c d = char c *> pure d
+
+beta :: Char -> Char -> Char -> Parser Char
+beta c d e = (char c <|> char d) *> pure e
+
+beta' :: T.Text -> T.Text -> Char -> Parser Char
+beta' c d e = (string c <|> string d) *> pure e
+
+sigma :: Parser Char
+sigma = do
+    void $ char 'S' <|> char 's'
+    eow <- endOfWord
+    pure $ if eow
+               then '\x03c2'
+               else '\x03c3'
+
+diacritics :: Parser Builder
+diacritics = B.fromString <$> many' diacritic
+
+upperseq :: Parser Builder
+upperseq = char '*' *> ((<>) <$> (flip (<>) <$> diacritics
+                                            <*> (singleton . toUpper <$> lowercase))
+                             <*> diacritics)
+
+lowerseq :: Parser Builder
+lowerseq = (<>) <$> (singleton <$> lowercase) <*> diacritics
+
+endOfWord :: Parser Bool
+endOfWord = eow . fromMaybe ' ' <$> peekChar
+    where eow '.'  = True
+          eow ','  = True
+          eow ':'  = True
+          eow ';'  = True
+          eow '\'' = True
+          eow '-'  = True
+          eow '_'  = True
+          eow x    = isSpace x
+
+remove :: Parser Builder
+remove = (char '<' <|> char '>') *> pure mempty
+
+betaCode :: Parser T.Text
+betaCode =   toStrict . toLazyText . mconcat
+         <$> (many' (space' <|> digit' <|> upperseq <|> lowerseq <|> punct' <|> remove) <* endOfInput)
+    where space' = singleton <$> space
+          punct' = singleton <$> punct
+          digit' = singleton <$> digit
+
+fromBeta :: T.Text -> Either T.Text T.Text
+fromBeta t = fmapL (const errMsg) $ parseOnly betaCode t
+    where errMsg = "ERROR " <> t
+
+fromBetaIgnore :: T.Text -> T.Text
+fromBetaIgnore = either id id . fromBeta
+
+normalizeChars :: T.Text -> T.Text
+normalizeChars = normalize NFC
+
+betanorm :: T.Text -> T.Text
+betanorm = normalizeChars . fromBetaIgnore
+
+clean :: T.Text -> T.Text
+clean = T.filter (\c -> isAscii c && isAlphaNum c) . T.map cchar
+
+cchar :: Char -> Char
+cchar '\x03b1' = 'a'
+cchar '\x03b2' = 'b'
+cchar '\x03b3' = 'g'
+cchar '\x03b4' = 'd'
+cchar '\x03b5' = 'e'
+cchar '\x03b6' = 'z'
+cchar '\x03b7' = 'h'
+cchar '\x03b8' = 'q'
+cchar '\x03b9' = 'i'
+cchar '\x03ba' = 'k'
+cchar '\x03bb' = 'l'
+cchar '\x03bc' = 'm'
+cchar '\x03bd' = 'n'
+cchar '\x03be' = 'c'
+cchar '\x03bf' = 'o'
+cchar '\x03c0' = 'p'
+cchar '\x03c1' = 'r'
+cchar '\x03c2' = 's'
+cchar '\x03c3' = 's'
+cchar '\x03c4' = 't'
+cchar '\x03c5' = 'u'
+cchar '\x03c6' = 'f'
+cchar '\x03c7' = 'x'
+cchar '\x03c8' = 'y'
+cchar '\x03c9' = 'w'
+cchar '\x03dd' = 'v'
+cchar '\x03f2' = 's'
+cchar c        = c
+
+newtype BetaCode = BC { unBeta :: T.Text }
+                   deriving (Eq, Show, Generic)
+
+instance Hashable BetaCode
+
+toBeta :: T.Text -> BetaCode
+toBeta = BC . clean . normalizeChars
+
+instance IsString BetaCode where
+    fromString = toBeta . T.pack
