text_original: He made no effort to understand; he wanted only to see what might be here; and his eyes flashed quickly over sculptured walls and a stone floor where metal boxes were arranged in orderly rows. Hundreds of them, he estimated; huge cases, some eight or ten feet long. Two nearby were raised above the floor on bases of carved stone. Lusterless gray in color  metal, unmistakably  and in them....
text_transcription: HE MADE NO EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND HE WANTED ONLY TO SEE WHAT MIGHT BE HERE AND HIS EYES FLASHED QUICKLY OVER SCULPTURED WALLS AND A STONE FLOOR WHERE METAL BOXES WERE ARRANGED IN ORDERLY ROWS HUNDREDS OF THEM HE ESTIMATED HUGE CASES SOME EIGHT OR TEN FEET LONG TWO NEAR BY WERE RAISED ABOVE THE FLOOR ON BASES OF CARVED STONE LUSTRELESS GRAY IN COLOR METAL UNMISTAKABLY AND IN THEM
phonemes: hiː mˌeɪd nˈoʊ ˈɛfɚt tʊ ˌʌndɚstˈænd; hiː wˈɔntᵻd ˈoʊnli tə sˈiː wʌt mˌaɪt biː hˈɪɹ; ænd hɪz ˈaɪz flˈæʃt kwˈɪkli ˌoʊvɚ skˈʌlptʃɚd wˈɔːlz ænd ɐ stˈoʊn flˈɔːɹ wˌɛɹ mˈɛɾəl bˈɑːksᵻz wɜːɹ ɚɹˈeɪndʒd ɪn ˈɔːɹdɚli ɹˈoʊz. hˈʌndɹɪdz ʌv ðˌɛm, hiː ˈɛstᵻmˌeɪɾᵻd; hjˈuːdʒ kˈeɪsᵻz, sˌʌm ˈeɪt ɔːɹ tˈɛn fˈiːt lˈɔŋ. tˈuː nˈɪɹbaɪ wɜː ɹˈeɪzd əbˌʌv ðə flˈɔːɹ ˌɔn bˈeɪsᵻz ʌv kˈɑːɹvd stˈoʊn. lˈʌstɚləs ɡɹˈeɪ ɪn kˈʌlɚ mˈɛɾəl, ʌnmɪstˈeɪkəbli ænd ɪn ðˌɛm....