text_original: The French government bought the device of the Chappe brothers, building signal stations along the coast, and between Paris and the more important cities. In 1840 there were 1400 miles of signal telegraph. The stations were about three miles apart. The cross  beams of the signal towers were furnished with lights, so that messages could be sent by night as well as by day. An operator could spell out a hun  dred words an hour.
text_transcription: THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT BOUGHT THE DEVICE OF THE CHAP BROTHERS BUILDING SIGNAL STATIONS ALONG THE COAST AND BETWEEN PARIS AND THE MORE IMPORTANT CITIES IN EIGHTEEN FORTY THERE WERE ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED MILES OF SIGNAL TELEGRAPH THE STATIONS WERE ABOUT THREE MILES APART THE CROSS BEAMS OF THE SIGNAL TOWERS WERE FURNISHED WITH LIGHTS SO THAT MESSAGES COULD BE SENT BY NIGHT AS WELL AS BY DAY AN OPERATOR COULD SPELL OUT A HUNDRED WORDS AN HOUR
phonemes: ðə fɹˈɛntʃ ɡˈʌvɚnmənt bˈɔːt ðə dɪvˈaɪs ʌvðə tʃˈæp bɹˈʌðɚz, bˈɪldɪŋ sˈɪɡnəl stˈeɪʃənz ɐlˈɔŋ ðə kˈoʊst, ænd bᵻtwˌiːn pˈæɹɪs ænd ðə mˈɔːɹ ɪmpˈɔːɹtənt sˈɪɾiz. ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈɔːɹɾi ðɛɹwˌɜː wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd fˈɔːɹhˈʌndɹɪd mˈaɪlz ʌv sˈɪɡnəl tˈɛlᵻɡɹˌæf. ðə stˈeɪʃənz wɜːɹ ɐbˌaʊt θɹˈiː mˈaɪlz ɐpˈɑːɹt. ðə kɹˈɔs bˈiːmz ʌvðə sˈɪɡnəl tˈaʊɚz wɜː fˈɜːnɪʃt wɪð lˈaɪts, sˌoʊ ðæt mˈɛsɪdʒᵻz kʊd biː sˈɛnt baɪ nˈaɪt æz wˈɛl æz baɪ dˈeɪ. ɐn ˈɑːpɚɹˌeɪɾɚ kʊd spˈɛl ˈaʊt ɐ hˈʌn dɹˈɛd wˈɜːdz ɐn ˈaʊɚ.