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).
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*) American transcriptions are based on the open Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary.
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“is” это “из”, а в вашей транскрипции “ы”. “ы” это более широкий гласный звук, его почти нет в английском. Замените все “Ы” на “И”
“is” is “из”, and in your transcription is “ыз”. “ы” is a broader vowel sound, it is almost absent in English. Replace all “Ы” with “И”
Да, спасибо. Звука
/ɪ/“почти нет” в русском языке. Пользуйтесь МФА.Can you bring back google remote voice? I feel more at ease when listen to this.
The website does not control availability of voices on your device/browser.
why speciality is wrong???
it would be wonderful if you added the ability to translate a language into an international phonetic transcription
‘Paste your text here’ not accepting English. How I can do?
The ‘Paste your text here’ field is not accepting English typing, highlighting it as ‘error’. How can I fix it?
What browser and OS are you using?
My browser is Microsoft Edge. My OS is Windows 11
Add ‘s’ after clear consonants, add ‘z’ after voiced consonants, and the website doesn’t seem to follow this rule.
Please, provide examples.
I entered “Bob’s cars” and the transcription IPA follows the rule with a /z/ ending sound. However, the voice, with Microsoft Mark option, pronounces with an /s/ sound.
what words are these? 1. [k aw ʧ p ə t ej ɾ ow] 2. [w ɪ ð ɪ ŋ ɡ r ʊ p s]
“caveat” is incorrectly transcribed as /ˈkeɪviˌæt/ here, but the audio recording says /æ/ for the first vowel, not /eɪ/ as it is transcribed. Also, I don’t think the last vowel should be /æ/. This seems all wrong. My pronunciation is /ˈkɑv iˌɑt/, like it has in dictionary.com. Usually this website gives options when there is more than one pronunciation but here it does not, it’s transcribed incorrectly, and the audio does not match what it transcribed.
Thank you, updated. American transcriptions are based on CMU Pronouncing Dictionary atm, sometimes their transcriptions are not what you would expect. A proper revision of NAmE dictionary is planned right after we finish with BrE.
Just putting this out there – a common test for ESL students is the sentence “live the life you love and love the life you live”.
Cheesy as it might be – even this app gets it wrong.
lɪv ðə laɪf juː lʌv ænd lʌv ðə laɪf juː lɪv
🙂
Words have many possible pronunciations.
lɪv ðə laɪf jə lʌv ənd lʌv ðə laɪf jə lɪv was one of the options given and that is atleast correct for my dialect. Try fiddling with the settings.
Can you explain what part it gets wrong?
This is the output I get with the app:
lɪv ðə laɪf jʊ lʌv ənd lʌv ðə laɪf jʊ lɪv
Sorry if it’s a stupid question, English is not my first language.
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