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toPhonetics Converter app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 32 ratings )
Reference Education
Developer: Mu-sonic
3.99 USD
Current version: 2.2.9, last update: 8 months ago
First release : 21 Jan 2014
App size: 20.43 Mb

Got an English text and want to see how to pronounce it? This app will turn your English text into its phonetic transcription using International Phonetic Alphabet.

Features:

- See phonetic transcription of the whole text, not just the dictionary forms of separate words.
- Choose between British and American* pronunciation. When British dialect 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.
- You can output the text and its phonetic transcription along each other line-by-line to make back-reference to the original text easier.
- An option to vary pronunciation depending on whether words are in stressed or weak position in the sentence, as in connected speech.
- 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.
- Where a word has a number of possible pronunciations (highlighted in blue in the output) you can select the one that agrees with the context by tapping on it.
- Print out the output results, share via email or copy to pasteboard.
- Let the built-in speech synthesiser read your text out loud. Control the playback and follow IPA transcription of the current word with a highlight.
- Custom URL scheme to open toPhonetics from 3rd-party apps.

Gestures (IPA transcription screen):
1. Single tap
- Tap a word to set the cursor to it and speak it (you can mute/un-mute it with the button at your bottom-right).
- Tap in a blank space to stop speech and hide the cursor.
2. Double-tap
- Double-tap a word to open it in the built-in dictionary; if the word has multiple pronunciations youll see the list of them first.
- Double-tap in a blank space to reset the font to the size set in iOS preferences.
3. Pinch in or out to make the text smaller or larger.
4. Start to slide horizontally to select a part of your text. The Speak button respects current selection.


*) American transcriptions are based on the open Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary.

Latest reviews of toPhonetics Converter app for iPhone and iPad

Wonderful app
I use this app to teach my son API
I am loving it!!!
Really important for good pronunciation sentences!
Great!
I do enjoy this app it meets all the needs I required. However I do not agree with its pricing of 4$ its expensive for its feature. I think a good price would be either 0.99$ or 1.99$.
Woefully inadequate and overpriced
This app seems to simply replace letters with rudimentary IPA symbols, but it isnt a real phonetic transcription. There are no diphthongs, no flap consonants, no aspirated stops, no syllabic consonants, etc. The transcriptions arent even accurate phonemic representations. I paid $4 for this app and I deleted it from my phone.
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