text_original: My father was  how shall I say what he was? To this day I can only surmise many things of him. He was a Scotchman born, and I know now that he had a slight Scotch accent. At the time of which I write, my early childhood, he was a frontiersman and hunter.
text_transcription: MY FATHER WAS HOW SHALL I SAY WHAT HE WAS TO THIS DAY I CAN ONLY SURMISE MANY THINGS OF HIM HE WAS A SCOTCHMAN BORN AND I KNOW NOW THAT HE HAD A SLIGHT SCOTCH ACCENT AT THE TIME OF WHICH I WRITE MY EARLY CHILDHOOD HE WAS A FRONTIERSMAN AND HUNTER
phonemes: maɪ fˈɑːðɚ wʌz hˌaʊ ʃˌæl aɪ sˈeɪ wˈʌt hiː wʌz? tə ðɪs dˈeɪ aɪ kæn ˈoʊnli sɚmˈaɪz mˈɛni θˈɪŋz ʌv hˌɪm. hiː wʌzɐ skˈɑːtʃmən bˈɔːɹn, ænd aɪ nˈoʊ nˈaʊ ðæt hiː hæd ɐ slˈaɪt skˈɑːtʃ ˈæksənt. æt ðə tˈaɪm ʌvwˈɪtʃ aɪ ɹˈaɪt, maɪ ˈɜːli tʃˈaɪldhʊd, hiː wʌzɐ fɹˈʌntɪɹzmən ænd hˈʌntɚ.