text_original: His head was covered with an old smoke tie wig that did not boast one crooked hair, and a slouched hat over it, which would have very well become a chimney sweeper, or a dustman; his neck was adorned with a black crape, the ends of which he had twisted, and fixed in the button hole of a shabby greatcoat that wrapped up his whole body; his white silk stockings were converted into black worsted hose: and his countenance was rendered venerable by wrinkles, and a beard of his own painting.
text_transcription: HIS HEAD WAS COVERED WITH AN OLD SMOKE TYE WIG THAT DID NOT BOAST ONE CROOKED HAIR AND A SLOUCHED HAT OVER IT WHICH WOULD HAVE VERY WELL BECOME A CHIMNEY SWEEPER OR A DUSTMAN HIS NECK WAS ADORNED WITH A BLACK CRAPE THE ENDS OF WHICH HE HAD TWISTED AND FIXED IN THE BUTTONHOLE OF A SHABBY GREATCOAT THAT WRAPPED UP HIS WHOLE BODY HIS WHITE SILK STOCKINGS WERE CONVERTED INTO BLACK WORSTED HOSE AND HIS COUNTENANCE WAS RENDERED VENERABLE BY WRINKLES AND A BEARD OF HIS OWN PAINTING
phonemes: hɪz hˈɛd wʌz kˈʌvɚd wɪð ɐn ˈoʊld smˈoʊk tˈaɪ wˈɪɡ ðæt dɪdnˌɑːt bˈoʊst wˈʌn kɹˈʊkɪd hˈɛɹ, ænd ɐ slˈaʊtʃt hˈæt ˈoʊvɚɹ ɪt, wˌɪtʃ wʊdhɐv vˈɛɹi wˈɛl bɪkˌʌm ɐ tʃˈɪmni swˈiːpɚ, ɔːɹ ɐ dˈʌstmən; hɪz nˈɛk wʌz ɐdˈɔːɹnd wɪð ɐ blˈæk kɹˈeɪp, ðɪ ˈɛndz ʌvwˈɪtʃ hiː hæd twˈɪstᵻd, ænd fˈɪkst ɪnðə bˈʌʔn̩ hˈoʊl əvə ʃˈæbi ɡɹˈeɪtkoʊt ðæt ɹˈæpt ˌʌp hɪz hˈoʊl bˈɑːdi; hɪz wˈaɪt sˈɪlk stˈɑːkɪŋz wɜː kənvˈɜːɾᵻd ˌɪntʊ blˈæk wˈɜːstᵻd hˈoʊz: ænd hɪz kˈaʊntənəns wʌz ɹˈɛndɚd vˈɛnɚɹəbəl baɪ ɹˈɪŋkəlz, ænd ɐ bˈɪɹd ʌv hɪz ˈoʊn pˈeɪntɪŋ.