<s>
Daitch	O
–	O
Mokotoff	O
Soundex	B-Algorithm
(	O
D	O
–	O
M	O
Soundex	B-Algorithm
)	O
is	O
a	O
phonetic	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
invented	O
in	O
1985	O
by	O
Jewish	O
genealogists	O
Gary	O
Mokotoff	O
and	O
Randy	O
Daitch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
refinement	O
of	O
the	O
Russell	O
and	O
American	O
Soundex	B-Algorithm
algorithms	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
greater	O
accuracy	O
in	O
matching	O
of	O
Slavic	O
and	O
Yiddish	O
surnames	O
with	O
similar	O
pronunciation	O
but	O
differences	O
in	O
spelling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daitch	O
–	O
Mokotoff	O
Soundex	B-Algorithm
is	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
Jewish	O
Soundex	B-Algorithm
"	O
and	O
"	O
Eastern	O
European	O
Soundex	B-Algorithm
"	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
authors	O
discourage	O
use	O
of	O
these	O
nicknames	O
for	O
the	O
algorithm	O
because	O
the	O
algorithm	O
itself	O
is	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
motivation	O
for	O
creating	O
the	O
new	O
system	O
was	O
the	O
poor	O
result	O
of	O
predecessor	O
systems	O
when	O
dealing	O
with	O
Slavic	O
and	O
Yiddish	O
surnames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Improvements	O
over	O
the	O
older	O
Soundex	B-Algorithm
algorithms	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
address	O
the	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
false	O
positive	O
results	O
generated	O
by	O
the	O
D	O
–	O
M	O
Soundex	B-Algorithm
,	O
Stephen	O
P	O
.	O
Morse	O
and	O
Alexander	O
Beider	O
created	O
the	O
Beider	B-Algorithm
–	I-Algorithm
Morse	I-Algorithm
Phonetic	I-Algorithm
Name	I-Algorithm
Matching	I-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
sites	O
are	O
offering	O
the	O
B	O
–	O
M	O
soundex	B-Algorithm
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
D-M	O
soundex	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
