text_original: Messages were sent by electric telegraph as early as 1774. Every few years after that, some inventor brought for  ward a new system. Hundreds of men were busy, and in 1838 there were upwards of sixty different systems in the field, each inventor working hard to make his the best.
text_transcription: MESSAGES WERE SENT BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH AS EARLY AS SEVENTEEN SEVENTY FOUR EVERY FEW YEARS AFTER THAT SOME INVENTOR BROUGHT FORWARD A NEW SYSTEM HUNDREDS OF MEN WERE BUSY AND IN EIGHTEEN THIRTY EIGHT THERE WERE UPWARDS OF SIXTY DIFFERENT SYSTEMS IN THE FIELD EACH INVENTOR WORKING HARD TO MAKE HIS THE BEST
phonemes: mˈɛsɪdʒᵻz wɜː sˈɛnt baɪ ᵻlˈɛktɹɪk tˈɛlᵻɡɹˌæf æz ˈɜːli æz wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti fˈɔːɹ. ˈɛvɹi fjˈuː jˈɪɹz ˈæftɚ ðˈæt, sˌʌm ɪnvˈɛntɚ bɹˈɔːt fɔːɹ wˈɔːɹd ɐ nˈuː sˈɪstəm. hˈʌndɹɪdz ʌv mˈɛn wɜː bˈɪzi, ænd ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi ˈeɪt ðɛɹwˌɜːɹ ˈʌpwɚdz ʌv sˈɪksti dˈɪfɹənt sˈɪstəmz ɪnðə fˈiːld, ˈiːtʃ ɪnvˈɛntɚ wˈɜːkɪŋ hˈɑːɹd tə mˌeɪk hɪz ðə bˈɛst.