International Phonetic Alphabet
Phonetic notation for pronunciation control
Episodes
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#5999: Who Teaches Actors Those Accents?Dialect coaches break accents into six moves, not forty — and the science says imitation ability is a bell curve, not a gift. -
#3189: Drawing the Melody: SSML's Hidden PowerHow SSML gives developers narrative control over AI voices — and why ElevenLabs became its center of gravity. -
#1054: Why English Spelling Is a DisasterDiscover the "source code" of speech. We explore how the IPA maps every human sound, from English vowels to the complex clicks of Southern Africa.