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”).
- 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).
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*) American transcriptions are based on the open Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary.
thanks a lot
Boa noite, prezados!
Gostaria de reportar erro na geração de IPA utilizando a opção “British English” para as seguintes palavras:
1. FOREIGN
2. ILLNESS
3. PORTRAIT
4. CHOCOLATE
5. INCORPORATE
6. INTERPRETATION
7. PRIVATE
Infelizmente não tive tempo de realizar a comparação com os dicionários Cambridge e Oxford.
Outras duas palavras abaixo, estão corretas pelo Oxford, mas as anotei como fato curioso, pois, das opções disponíveis, acredito que não sejam as mais utilizadas:
1. ASIAN (comparar com “ASIA” neste site)
2. INTEREST –
Obrigado pela atenção!
when want to transcribe ” I ” it give me an / ɛl /
THANKS
Is there an option to remove the stress from the letters
hey maybe, like, make an IPA to any language, so, like, you could make your own sounds but in an english accent, or something like that
The english language spoken by americans and british has a very similar sound, even with its differences.
Здорово было бы русскую и английскую транскрипцию вместе
Hi, may I ask what dictionary you are using the the British pronunciations?
https://tophonetics.com/faq/#source
What is the source or reference of the British transcriptions like “American transcriptions are based on the open Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary.”
https://tophonetics.com/faq/#source
I’m not seeing any transcription at all. I only get the audio