text_original: No sooner had the sun begun to pit the snow hillocks than wild creatures came in from the mountains, haggard with hunger and hardship. They had left their homes in Virginia and the Carolinas in the autumn; an unheralded winter of Arctic fierceness had caught them in its grip.
text_transcription: NO SOONER HAD THE SUN BEGUN TO PIT THE SNOW HILLOCKS THAN WILD CREATURES CAME IN FROM THE MOUNTAINS HAGGARD WITH HUNGER AND HARDSHIP THEY HAD LEFT THEIR HOMES IN VIRGINIA AND THE CAROLINAS IN THE AUTUMN AN UNHERALDED WINTER OF ARCTIC FIERCENESS HAD CAUGHT THEM IN ITS GRIP
phonemes: nˈoʊ sˈuːnɚ hæd ðə sˈʌn bɪɡˈʌn tə pˈɪt ðə snˈoʊ hˈɪləks ðɐn wˈaɪld kɹˈiːtʃɚz kˈeɪm ɪn fɹʌmðə mˈaʊntɪnz, hˈæɡɚd wɪð hˈʌŋɡɚ ænd hˈɑːɹdʃɪp. ðeɪ hæd lˈɛft ðɛɹ hˈoʊmz ɪn vɜːdʒˈɪniə ænd ðə kˌæɹəlˈaɪnəz ɪnðɪ ˈɔːɾʌm; ɐn ʌnhˈɛɹəldᵻd wˈɪntɚɹ ʌv ˈɑːɹktɪk fˈɪɹsnəs hæd kˈɔːt ðˌɛm ɪn ɪts ɡɹˈɪp.