text_original: He said many other things about me, which I withhold, for the reason that I know that I have failed by a great measure to justify the opinion which the good old man had of me. And since he heard, as was true, that the blood used to flow from my nose at that age in such quantities that this left me sometimes half dead, with infinite lovingness he bound a jasper round my neck with his own hand; and this memory of Luca will stay for ever fixed in my mind.
text_transcription: HE SAID MANY OTHER THINGS ABOUT ME WHICH I WITHHOLD FOR THE REASON THAT I KNOW THAT I HAVE FAILED BY A GREAT MEASURE TO JUSTIFY THE OPINION WHICH THE GOOD OLD MAN HAD OF ME AND SINCE HE HEARD AS WAS TRUE THAT THE BLOOD USED TO FLOW FROM MY NOSE AT THAT AGE IN SUCH QUANTITIES THAT THIS LEFT ME SOMETIMES HALF DEAD WITH INFINITE LOVINGNESS HE BOUND JASPER ROUND MY NECK WITH HIS OWN HAND AND THIS MEMORY OF LUCCA WILL STAY FOR EVER FIXED IN MY MIND
phonemes: hiː sˈɛd mˈɛni ˈʌðɚ θˈɪŋz ɐbˈaʊt mˌiː, wˌɪtʃ aɪ wɪðhˈoʊld, fɚðə ɹˈiːzən ðæt aɪ nˈoʊ ðæt aɪ hæv fˈeɪld baɪ ɐ ɡɹˈeɪt mˈɛʒɚ tə dʒˈʌstᵻfˌaɪ ðɪ əpˈɪniən wˌɪtʃ ðə ɡˈʊd ˈoʊld mˈæn hˈæd ʌv mˌiː. ænd sˈɪns hiː hˈɜːd, æz wʌz tɹˈuː, ðætðə blˈʌd jˈuːzd tə flˈoʊ fɹʌm maɪ nˈoʊz æt ðæt ˈeɪdʒ ɪn sˈʌtʃ kwˈɔntᵻɾiz ðæt ðɪs lˈɛft mˌiː sˈʌmtaɪmz hˈæf dˈɛd, wɪð ˈɪnfɪnət lˈʌvɪŋnəs hiː bˈaʊnd ɐ dʒˈæspɚ ɹˈaʊnd maɪ nˈɛk wɪð hɪz ˈoʊn hˈænd; ænd ðɪs mˈɛmɚɹi ʌv lˈuːkə wɪl stˈeɪ fɔːɹ ˈɛvɚ fˈɪkst ɪn maɪ mˈaɪnd.