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).
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- 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.
Hi please fix tricolour IPA, speech and IPA are difference, I sure your IPA is wrong
I entered “granularity” and the answer was granularity in red.
What does it mean?
The word is missing in the dictionary.
I’ve found that there is a big problem in the transcriptions to begin with the uses of weak and strong forms in a sentence.
Do you have an example?
Hello, I come here with a few suggestions. I think that adding ɾ to American English is essential to set it apart from RP English, making it a more authentic representation of American English. Since you already have alternative pronunciation “winter” and “winer”, I don’t think there would be a problem. Another thing, I think that using ɹ would be better for those who are interested in learning the exact English phonemes.
Thanks for the suggestions. While we keep requests like this in mind, both are answered in our FAQ
There is a problem with the transcription of the word “direction”.
While the recording uses the sound /aı/, transcription uses /ı/.
Thanks.
Tocharian A IPA transcriptor when?
Нет транскрипция для сongrats.
Im looking for some type of code conversion example to convert text to phonetics like this program. In Visual Basic, or Phython, C++.
Following up on my comment from 5 days ago, I worked around the problem with the cover’s IPA characters not displaying correctly by simply showing the English title on the cover and then stating that the text is also in IPA in the subtitle. It’s full title is -> Wonders Never Cease: Book 1 of “Taterskin & The Eco Defenders” in English and IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet).
The book contains both English (left page) and the corresponding IPA (right page) and is now available on amazon. If interested, see https://ramblingnotesofageezer.substack.com/p/dual-language-english-and-ipa-book
where is the primary stress in If I had money, I would buy a house.