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Hi! Got an English text and want to see how to pronounce it? This online converter of English text to IPA phonetic transcription will translate your English text into its phonetic transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Paste or type your English text in the text field above and click “Show transcription” button (or use [Ctrl+Enter] shortcut from the text input area).

Features:

  • Choose between British and American* pronunciation. When British option is selected the [r] sound at the end of the word is only voiced if followed by a vowel, which follows British phonetic convention.
  • The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols used.
  • The structure of the text and sentences in it (line breaks, punctuation marks, etc.) is preserved in phonetic transcription output making it easier to read.
  • An option to vary pronunciation depending on whether words are in stressed or weak position in the sentence, as in connected speech (checkbox “Show weak forms”). Weak forms are italicized in the output.
  • Words in CAPS are interpreted as acronyms if the word is not found in the database. Acronym transcriptions will be shown with hyphens between letters.
  • In addition to commonly used vocabulary the database contains a very substantial amount of place names (including names of countries, their capitals, US states, UK counties), nationalities and popular names.
  • You can output the text and its phonetic transcription along each other side-by-side or line-by-line to make back-reference to the original text easier. Just tick the appropriate checkbox in the input form.
  • Where a word has a number of different pronunciations (highlighted in blue in the output) you can select the one that agrees with the context by clicking on it. To see a popup with a list of possible pronunciations move your mouse cursor over the word.
    Note that different pronunciations of one word may have different meanings or may represent variations in pronunciation with the same meaning. If unsure which pronunciation is relevant in your particular case, consult a dictionary.
  • The dictionary database is regularly amended with most popular missing words (shown in red in the output).
  • The text can be read out loud in browsers with speech synthesis support (Safari, Chrome).
*) American transcriptions are based on the open Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary.
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John
John
3 days ago

Which chart does this tool use?

Jai
Jai
4 days ago

Is it possible to download the audio on mp3?

tata
tata
5 days ago

could i download her voice ?

Barbara
Barbara
6 days ago

Hay forma de descargar el texto que se produce y pegarlo en un documento sin que pierda el formato que aquí vemos?

Cristina
Cristina
5 days ago
Reply to  toPhonetics

La opción línea línea es imposible, no?

Jason Santos
Jason Santos
7 days ago

How can I download the mp3 files?

Ляля
Ляля
8 days ago

Здравствуйте! Я изучаю английский (US). С удивлением обнаружила, что работает ползунок скорости звука. Спасибо! Огромное!

Studoshare
9 days ago

very Niice

Monica
Monica
10 days ago

Hay alguna manera de reproducir los audios un mas rapido?
Is there a way to play the audio faster?

enrique pacheco cantaro
enrique pacheco cantaro
8 days ago
Reply to  Monica

como lo hago

Daniel
Daniel
11 days ago

I liked the transcription

aadenboy
19 days ago

why is “uh” /ʌ/ and not /ə/?

Marie
Marie
13 days ago
Reply to  aadenboy

because the  /ə/ is never stressed, it’s as if you don’t hear it, whereas /ʌ/ can be stressed, like in done.