# Phonemes: IPA & pronuciation

> Text-to-speech & phonetic transcription & phoneme charts

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/net.blackenvelope.write.phonemes](https://chrome-stats.com/d/net.blackenvelope.write.phonemes)

## Overview

- **ID:** `net.blackenvelope.write.phonemes`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Black Envelope
- **Category:** BOOKS\_AND\_REFERENCE
- **Downloads:** 199,457
- **Rating:** 4.64 / 5 (2,138 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.7.2-phonemes
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-21
- **First published:** 2018-09-06
- **Publisher country:** NL
- **Size:** 15 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.blackenvelope.write.phonemes)
- **Website:** [https://www.blackenvelope.net/](https://www.blackenvelope.net/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.blackenvelope.net/privacy/?app=Phonemes&w=0](https://www.blackenvelope.net/privacy/?app=Phonemes&w=0)

## Description

Phonemes: IPA & Pronunciation is a versatile Chrome extension designed for language learners, actors, singers, and phonetics enthusiasts. It converts text into phonetic IPA transcriptions and provides interactive phoneme charts covering vowels, pulmonic and non-pulmonic consonants, suprasegmentals, and word accents.

Featuring text-to-speech capabilities, the extension supports transcription from a wide array of languages including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and many more. Users can explore detailed visual representations of mouth positions related to various phonetic sounds. Power users may purchase the full version to access an IPA system keyboard, enhancing ease of input.

This tool is perfect for mastering pronunciation nuances, understanding phonetic symbols, and improving speaking skills across diverse languages through an intuitive and educational interface.

## Rankings

- #159,569 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `net.blackenvelope.write.phonemes.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users broadly praise Phonemes for making IPA approachable and useful for linguistic analysis. The app is easy to use, offers helpful documentation with diagrams and tongue/jaw animations, and can transcribe plain text into IPA. Reviewers also appreciate the wide language coverage. Some recurring criticisms focus on audio for certain sounds being incomplete or inaccurate. Overall, the app is highly regarded for learning IPA and phonetics, with a noted need for improved audio coverage.

### Pros

- Very easy to use and user-friendly
- Excellent for learning IPA and conducting linguistic analysis
- Can transcribe plain text into IPA
- Documentation is strong, with clear diagrams and animations of tongue and jaw movements
- Broad language coverage; works for many languages and pronunciations

### Cons

- Audio playback coverage is incomplete for some sounds, with occasional mispronunciations during playback

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