text_original: One day Charles Goodyear, a Connecticut hardware merchant of an inventive turn of mind, went to a store to buy a life preserver. He could find only imperfect ones, but they drew his attention to the study of rubber, and presently he was thinking of it by day and dreaming of it by night.
text_transcription: ONE DAY CHARLES GOODYER A CONNECTICUT HARDWARE MERCHANT OF AN INVENTIVE TURN OF MIND WENT TO A STORE TO BUY A LIFE PRESERVER HE COULD FIND ONLY IMPERFECT ONES BUT THEY DREW HIS ATTENTION TO THE STUDY OF RUBBER AND PRESENTLY HE WAS THINKING OF IT BY DAY AND DREAMING OF IT BY NIGHT
phonemes: wˈʌn dˈeɪ tʃˈɑːɹlz ɡˈʊdjɪɹ, ɐ kənˈɛɾɪkət hˈɑːɹdwɛɹ mˈɜːtʃənt əvən ɪnvˈɛntɪv tˈɜːn ʌv mˈaɪnd, wɛnt tʊ ɐ stˈɔːɹ tə bˈaɪ ɐ lˈaɪf pɹɪzˈɜːvɚ. hiː kʊd fˈaɪnd ˈoʊnli ɪmpˈɜːfɛkt wˌʌnz, bˌʌt ðeɪ dɹˈuː hɪz ɐtˈɛnʃən tə ðə stˈʌdi ʌv ɹˈʌbɚ, ænd pɹˈɛzəntli hiː wʌz θˈɪŋkɪŋ ʌv ɪt baɪ dˈeɪ ænd dɹˈiːmɪŋ ʌv ɪt baɪ nˈaɪt.