text_original: Completely discouraged, Fitch retired to a farm in Kentucky. He believed in the steamboat until the last, and was confident that the day would come when steam  boats would be running on all our large rivers and across the ocean.
text_transcription: COMPLETELY DISCOURAGED FITCH RETIRED TO A FARM IN KENTUCKY HE BELIEVED IN THE STEAMBOAT UNTIL THE LAST AND WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE DAY WOULD COME WHEN STEAMBOATS WOULD BE RUNNING ON ALL OUR LARGE RIVERS AND ACROSS THE OCEAN
phonemes: kəmplˈiːtli dɪskˈɜːɹɪdʒd, fˈɪtʃ ɹᵻtˈaɪɚd tʊ ɐ fˈɑːɹm ɪn kɛntˈʌki. hiː bᵻlˈiːvd ɪnðə stˈiːmboʊt ʌntˈɪl ðə lˈæst, ænd wʌz kˈɑːnfɪdənt ðætðə dˈeɪ wʊd kˈʌm wɛn stˈiːm bˈoʊts wʊd biː ɹˈʌnɪŋ ˌɔn ˈɔːl ˌaʊɚ lˈɑːɹdʒ ɹˈɪvɚz ænd əkɹˌɑːs ðɪ ˈoʊʃən.