PHONASCII: An ASCII-based system for detailed phonetic transcription
George D. Allen · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1987
An ASCII-based system is required in order to store phonetic transcriptions in computer memories. Although several phoneme-level systems (e.g., ARPABET) already exist, none of these permits the level of detail required for close transcription. Under the partial sponsorship of CHILDES (Child Language Data Exchange System, Carnegie-Mellon University), an IPA-to-ASCII system has been developed to permit the archiving of highly detailed transcriptions. This system will be described, and its relationship to other, similar projects (e.g., Alvey) will be discussed.