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IPA Phonemic Transcription Using an IBM PC and Compatibles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

Wiktor Jassem
Affiliation:
Department of Acoustic Phonetics, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań
Piotra Łobacz
Affiliation:
Department of Psycholinguistics, Institute of Linguistics, Mickiewicz University, Poznań

Extract

We have designed special IPA characters for IPA phonemic transcriptions of the following languages: E[nglish—RP and GA], F[rench], G[erman], I[talian], P[olish], R[ussian], Sp[anish] and Sw[edish], using two different programs which can be run under MS-DOS (BIOS) on an IBM PC or compatible. One, the ChiWriter—henceforth CH—is a complete word processor whilst the other, the LETTRIX—henceforth L—has to be combined with a word processor, such as WordStar, which we have used. In either case, we have designed our characters for a 9-pin dot-matrix printer, though CH also allows font design for a 24-pin or a laser printer. A Quality option has to be chosen, which reduces the printing speed by a factor of two with L and four with CH.

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Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1989

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