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Because I don't know how to key in the special IPA symbols in my Chinese computer keyboard.

I'm wonder is there a simple system just use 62 (A-Za-z0-9) or less for representation the IPA symbol? That means I don't need to key-in double dot above the u, etc.

For example the vowels(I'm trying to use a-z and dash for long vowels):

1. a - box (for o)


2. i - it


3. i- - tea (for ea)


4. oo - book


5. oo- - too


6. e - pen


7. e_ - cat (for a)


8. e- - name (for a)


9. o - dog


10. o- - no


11. u - about (for a)


12. u2 - bus (for u)


13. uu - sister (for er)


14. uu2 - bird (for ir)


15. ai - fine (for i)


16. au - how (for ow)


17. oi - boy (for oy)

for consonants

1. b - bad


2. c - chair (for ch)


3. d - desk


4. f - food


5. g - good


6. g2 - garage (for ge)


7. h - hat


8. j - joke


9. k - key


10. l - leg


11. m - mom


12. n - noon


13. n2 - sing (for ng)


14. p - pet


15. r - red


16. s - seat


17. s2 - short (for sh)


18. t - ten


19. t2 - thank (for th)


20. t3 - this (for th)


21. v - vest


22. w - we


23. y - yes


24. z - zoo

There are any number of so-called "newspaper respelling" systems which attempt to represent pronunciation by analogy to simpler words or phonemes, avoiding the use of diacritical marks and non-Latin characters. A handful of standardized pronunciation respelling systems, in alphabetic order, include the following:

• Associated Press Stylebook (subscription required)


• ARPAbet


• BBC Text Spelling Guide


• 
  CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (based on ARPAbet)


• NBC Handbook of Pronunciation


• 
  Voice of America Pronounce (for names)


• Wikipedia Pronunciation Respelling Key

All of the above except the BBC system target General American pronunciation.

A basic flaw of all such systems is that they presuppose that the reader understands how the components of the respellings are pronounced in the reference accent. This would not be the case for a learner.

You shouldn't.

Trying to use alphabet symbols as pronunciation symbols has many flaws.

For example, using ASCII to dictate the word 'father' would probably go like this:

f-aRR-th-Err or f-arr-tha

or something like that.

How would you dictate the ð sound? Using this method, it could be transmitted as /fɑːθə/, instead of the correct /fɑːðə/.

Instead, try this website, which tells you the keyboard codes for the symbols, or this one, where you can select then.