根据python中的声音/同音字匹配字符串？

I am working on a python program that, at one step, takes an input (string), and matches it to songs/artists in a users library. I'm having some difficulty, however, figuring out how to match when the input/library contains numbers/special characters. For example, take the group "All-4-One". In my library it might be listed exactly like that. I need to match this to ANY of the following inputs:I am working on a python program that, at one s