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 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.
- 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).
- The text can be read out loud in browsers with speech synthesis support (Safari – recommended, Chrome).
*) American transcriptions are based on the open Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary.
What do the commas & apostrophes stand for?
Secondary and primary stress.
Do you have any tool to recognize the stressed words in compound words?
Hello! I am a native Filipino living in Myrtle Beach, USA. I hate to ask a ridiculous question, but I was wondering that for tophonetic.com, which Received Pronunciation is used to represent the British version of English? The Conservative Received Pronunciation or the Mainstream/General Received Pronunciation? For example, I think this website has a General Received Pronunciation since one pronounces as /tj/ rather than /t̠ʃ/ like for “tune”, one pronounces as TYOON rather than CHOON. Thank you so much for your time to read my comments! =)
Raymart Lipat
Many transcriptions used here for BrE indeed originally came from somewhat older source reflecting CRP. At the same time, as you are probably aware, this is a fairly recent change and not all words have been affected by it at the moment. That being said, we are making an effort to update our dictionary to modern pronunciation where it is applicable, although admittedly it is a work in progress. Thanks.
How can I hear the pronunciation. How to put sound on it.
The text can be read out loud in browsers with speech synthesis support (Safari – recommended, Chrome).
How do I copy and paste in Word to get the same format? I want to show the text line by line as it is shown when transcribed into IPA symbols. Also, should I set the Word font to Arial Unicode MS or some other Unicode font? Thanks.
For now “Side by side with English text” is your best option if you are going to copy it somewhere else. For best results you will have to break up the original text by lines though.
Depending on your setup you may need to use a font with “Unicode” in its title, although it is not always necessary.
Transcription to Orthography I WANT TO WHAT THIS [neɪ̃ntʰɪeθ]
could you give the inverse function ?. that the phonetic transcription can be written and throw the word. please
Thanks for the request. This may be implemented somewhere down the line.
can we find words end with the consonants sl
I think there are no English words that end “sl”
The consonant cluster sl does exist in English wrestle, pestle, whistle, muscle….
Обратите внимание – Рыбы(знак зодиака) Pisces [ˈpɪsiːz] – Звуковое произношение правильное, транскрипция – неправильная . Весы libra [ˈlaɪbrə] – то же. Сайт очень классный.
Спасибо, добавил как варианты произношения. Варианты в комментарии тоже встречаются.
Can you make not just phoenetics , but an ususal trascription too. Like google translater and tophonectics in pne. It will be more comfortable/ Thank You
Can you give an example, please?
I assume they mean something like this: anguish /ˈaNGgwiSH/
OK, saving it as a feature request.