# Transcriber | Shortcuts Library

> Type in anything in X-SAMPA and it will be transcribed into IPA.

## What this shortcut does

Transcriber
From X-SAMPA to IPA
Easy, intuitive & powerful
Transcriber transcribes any input in X-SAMPA to the International Phonetics Alphabet (IPA). The results can be then copied to the clipboard or shared.
Main Features
Easy and intuitive
Fast transcription
Allows to copy or export results
Checks for updates regularly
Example
An example of a trascription would be the English sentence
"I'm a father and a human"
:
X-SAMPA Input:
["aIm @ "fA:D@(r\) "{nd @ "CjUm@n]
→ IPA Output:
[ˈaɪm ə ˈfɑːðə(ɹ) ˈænd ə ˈçjʊmən]
How it works
You type the text in
X-SAMPA
(of any length) and it transcribes it.
It then allows you to copy the results to the
clipboard
, open the
share sheet and share the results
or create a
Bear
note*.
When importing to a Bear note, you will be asked
whether to use square brackets or slashes
, to make your life even easier. This note will be date stamped.
*The Bear app is not required for the Shortcut to run properly.
Why and when this is useful
It's very useful
if you need to use IPA symbols and you don't have a special keyboard
, since you can type in X-SAMPA with any normal keyboard.
With this Shortcut, you won't need to copy paste the symbols from online dictionaries or Wikipedia.
Add Transcriber to your Home Screen
If Transcriber is part of your workflow, adding it to your Home Screen will
save you the extra steps
of opening the Shortcuts app and looking for it.
Download the official icon from this page or from Settings in Transcriber and add it to your Home Screen now!
Stay up to date
Transcriber is powered by
AirUpdater
.
AirUpdater will
check regularly for updates
and it will alert you if there is a newer version available for download.
Currently supported features
Vowels
Consonants
Glottal Stop
Aspiration
Palatalisation
Velarisation
Pharyngealisation
Lateralisation
Nasalisation
Rhotacisation
Retroflexion
Implosives
Dental Diacritic
Centralisation
Voiceless Diacritic
Stress Markers
Length Markers
Linking Mark
Mid-Tone Vowels
No-Audible Release
Upstep & Downstep
Global Fall & Global Rise
Non-Syllabic Vowels
Syllabic Consonants
Ejectiveness
Clicks
Known Issues
As of version 3.6:
No known issues.

## Compatibility

iPhone, iPad

## Required apps



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