text_original: The letter signaled was the one at the point where lines running down from the points of the needle crossed. To signal a number only one needle was turned. A line twenty miles long was built, in 1838, on the Great Western Railway. To send messages, it took six wires, one wire to turn each of the five needles, and one to complete the electric circuit, making the system expensive.
text_transcription: THE LETTER SIGNALED WAS THE ONE AT THE POINT WHERE THE LINES RUNNING DOWN FROM THE POINTS OF THE NEEDLE CROSSED TO SIGNAL IN NUMBER ONLY ONE NEEDLE WAS TURNED A LINE TWENTY MILES LONG WAS BUILT IN EIGHTEEN THIRTY EIGHT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY TO SEND MESSAGES IT TOOK SIX WIRES ONE WIRE TO TURN EACH OF THE FIVE NEEDLES AND ONE TO COMPLETE THE ELECTRIC CIRCUIT MAKING THE SYSTEM EXPENSIVE
phonemes: ðə lˈɛɾɚ sˈɪɡnəld wʌzðə wˈʌn æt ðə pˈɔɪnt wˌɛɹ lˈaɪnz ɹˈʌnɪŋ dˌaʊn fɹʌmðə pˈɔɪnts ʌvðə nˈiːdəl kɹˈɔst. tə sˈɪɡnəl ɐ nˈʌmbɚɹ ˈoʊnli wˈʌn nˈiːdəl wʌz tˈɜːnd. ɐ lˈaɪn twˈɛnti mˈaɪlz lˈɔŋ wʌz bˈɪlt, ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi ˈeɪt, ɔnðə ɡɹˈeɪt wˈɛstɚn ɹˈeɪlweɪ. tə sˈɛnd mˈɛsɪdʒᵻz, ɪt tˈʊk sˈɪks wˈaɪɚz, wˈʌn wˈaɪɚ tə tˈɜːn ˈiːtʃ əv ðə fˈaɪv nˈiːdəlz, ænd wˈʌn tə kəmplˈiːt ðɪ ᵻlˈɛktɹɪk sˈɜːkɪt, mˌeɪkɪŋ ðə sˈɪstəm ɛkspˈɛnsɪv.