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How to pronounce "Weil" in British English:
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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.

We encourage students of linguistics/phonetics to do their own work during their assignments and remind them that submitting transcriptions produced by this website for academic credit is a breach of academic integrity.

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david
david
4 days ago

gracias ayuda mucho

Ляля
Ляля
10 days ago

Мы хотим сделать этот онлайн-переводчик английского текста в транскрипцию самым лучшим в Интернете . Для поддержки Ваших начинаний я создала блог: “Ляля Пташкина РУССКОМУ диалекту – БЫТЬ”. Однако, Дзен прислал предупреждение, что вроде бы Ваша работа – СПАМ и мои статьи показываются только моим подписчикам, а их у меня только 11 человек. О каком завоевании интернета может идти речь?
Я прошу проверить мой блог и ходотайствовать перед Дзеном о присвоении мне ЗНАКА КАЧЕСТВА!

iskhi
iskhi
13 days ago

how do I download the sound? so I can use it as learning material

maryam
maryam
13 days ago

thank you so much

Tlatelolco
Tlatelolco
16 days ago

Gracias a

NGUYỄN QUỐC KHÁNH
NGUYỄN QUỐC KHÁNH
16 days ago

Trước đây tôi sợ nói tiếng Anh vì phát âm không đúng.Trang web này giúp cho tôi đỡ được rất nhiều thời gian phiên âm tiếng Anh. Tôi sẽ siêng năng học tiếng Anh nhiều hơn. Cầu mong cho trang web này sẽ tồn tại mãi để tôi được tiến bộ hơn.
Chúc các bạn nhiều sức khỏe, cảm ơn rất nhiều! Tôi đến từ Việt Nam!

Gig
Gig
19 days ago

Where can i find the data containing the phonetic word list?

Max97[PRO]
Max97[PRO]
24 days ago

Gracias

Emma
Emma
27 days ago

is this free to use?

Toros
25 days ago
Reply to  Emma

if you can use it then it’s free…

Tomasz
Tomasz
14 days ago
Reply to  Toros

But nowhere is it written that it is free. Are you sure?

nope
nope
29 days ago

There is no dark l, bell is not pronounced [bɛl] it would be [bɛł].

Toros
25 days ago
Reply to  nope

this isn’t exactly narrow transcription, the /r/ would be an [ɹ̠] then too.