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., Learn how to pronounce 'literally' in American English. Improve English speaking and English conversation skills by learning the sounds and stress of American English., On this page, you will find charts with all American English consonant and vowel sounds. You can choose one of the two phonetic transcription systems — both use the symbols of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA): Broad, or phonemic, transcription, for example, /ˈwɔtɚ/ Narrow transcription, for example, [ˈwɔɾɚ], Adds a Portal application to IP.Board. Based upon IP.Board Portal by IPS. Please be sure to direct all support questions or suggestions in the discussion topic rather then at IPS. The Portal is currently exclusive to the IPS Marketplace, I do not support this application elsewhere. Keep up to dat, It makes it easy to actually hear how words are pronounced based on their phonetic spelling, without having to look up each character in the IPA chart and string the sounds together yourself. For example, "budgerigar" (AKA the common parakeet) can be pronounced according to its IPA notation /ˈbʌdʒərɪɡɑːr/. How Do You Use It?, .