text_original: The captain's peculiarities were not confined to his external appearance; for his voice resembled the sound of a bassoon, or the aggregate hum of a whole bee hive, and his discourse was almost nothing else than a series of quotations from the English poets, interlarded with French phrases, which he retained for their significance, on the recommendation of his friends, being himself unacquainted with that or any other outlandish tongue.
text_transcription: THE CAPTAIN'S PECULIARITIES WERE NOT CONFINED TO HIS EXTERNAL APPEARANCE FOR HIS VOICE RESEMBLED THE SOUND OF A BASSOON OR THE AGGREGATE HUM OF A WHOLE BEE HIVE AND HIS DISCOURSE WAS ALMOST NOTHING ELSE THAN A SERIES OF QUOTATIONS FROM THE ENGLISH POETS INTERLARDED WITH FRENCH PHRASES WHICH HE RETAINED FOR THEIR SIGNIFICANCE ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF HIS FRIENDS BEING HIMSELF UNACQUAINTED WITH THAT OR ANY OTHER OUTLANDISH TONGUE
phonemes: ðə kˈæptɪnz pɪkjˌuːliˈæɹᵻɾiz wɜː nˌɑːt kənfˈaɪnd tə hɪz ɛkstˈɜːnəl ɐpˈɪɹəns; fɔːɹ hɪz vˈɔɪs ɹᵻzˈɛmbəld ðə sˈaʊnd əvə bæsˈuːn, ɔːɹ ðɪ ˈæɡɹɪɡˌeɪt hˈʌm əvə hˈoʊl bˈiː hˈaɪv, ænd hɪz dˈɪskɔːɹs wʌz ˈɔːlmoʊst nˈʌθɪŋ ˈɛls ðˌænə sˈɪɹiz ʌv kwoʊtˈeɪʃənz fɹʌmðɪ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ pˈoʊɪts, ˌɪntɚlˈɑːɹdᵻd wɪð fɹˈɛntʃ fɹˈeɪzᵻz, wˌɪtʃ hiː ɹᵻtˈeɪnd fɔːɹ ðɛɹ sɪɡnˈɪfɪkəns, ɔnðə ɹˌɛkəmɛndˈeɪʃən ʌv hɪz fɹˈɛndz, bˌiːɪŋ hɪmsˈɛlf ʌnɐkwˈeɪntᵻd wɪð ðæt ɔːɹ ˌɛni ˈʌðɚɹ aʊtlˈændɪʃ tˈʌŋ.