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TypeIt IPA keyboard updated

February 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

I have just updated my online keyboard for typing English transcriptions with IPA phonetic symbols. Here is a list of recent changes:

  • New /t̬/ symbol which is increasingly used in English dictionaries to show places where flap t is pronounced in American English. This symbol is typed with the Ctrl+TT shortcut (hold Ctrl, press T twice).
  • /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ have been replaced with /ɪ/ and /ʊ/, following the convention used in the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. Both symbols represent “weak” vowels that can be reduced to /ə/, e.g. in /ˈbju:tɪfʊlnəs/.
  • /ɜ/, /ɛ/ and /ɝ/ are now typed with Ctrl+3 (3 has to be pressed one, two or three times) instead of Ctrl+E. Previously, the user had to press E five or six times to type some of these symbols.
  • You can superscript any part of text, which is useful for representing optional sounds in words like feel /fi:əl/.
  • You can now use Ctrl+I and Ctrl+B on selected text to italicize or bold it.
  • There is a new list of recommended IPA fonts available on various platforms.

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