text_original: Boats were constructed also of rough hewn boards. With such primitive craft, voyages of hundreds of miles were made up and down great rivers like the Mississippi, or along the shores of inland seas like the Great Lakes. The Phoenicians were the first great sailors. Their 2S 26 INVENTIONS OF STEAM AND ELECTRIC POWER boats, called galleys, were sometimes two to three hundred feet long. These were of two kinds, merchantmen and war vessels.
text_transcription: BOATS WERE CONSTRUCTED ALSO OF ROUGH HEWN BOARDS WITH SUCH PRIMITIVE CRAFT VOYAGES OF HUNDREDS OF MILES WERE MADE UP AND DOWN GREAT RIVERS LIKE THE MISSISSIPPI OR ALONG THE SHORES OF INLAND SEAS LIKE THE GREAT LAKES THE PHOENICIANS WERE THE FIRST GREAT SAILORS THEIR BOATS CALLED GALLEYS WERE SOMETIMES TWO TO THREE HUNDRED FEET LONG THESE WERE OF TWO KINDS MERCHANTMEN AND WAR VESSELS
phonemes: bˈoʊts wɜː kənstɹˈʌktᵻd ˈɔːlsoʊ ʌv ɹˈʌf hjˈuːn bˈɔːɹdz. wɪð sˈʌtʃ pɹˈɪmᵻtˌɪv kɹˈæft, vˈɔɪɪdʒᵻz ʌv hˈʌndɹɪdz ʌv mˈaɪlz wɜː mˌeɪd ˌʌp ænd dˌaʊn ɡɹˈeɪt ɹˈɪvɚz lˈaɪk ðə mˌɪsɪsˈɪpi, ɔːɹ ɐlˈɔŋ ðə ʃˈɔːɹz ʌv ˈɪnlənd sˈiːz lˈaɪk ðə ɡɹˈeɪt lˈeɪks. ðə foʊnˈɪʃənz wɜː ðə fˈɜːst ɡɹˈeɪt sˈeɪlɚz. ðɛɹ tˈuː z twˈɛnti sˈɪks ɪnvˈɛnʃənz ʌv stˈiːm ænd ᵻlˈɛktɹɪk pˈaʊɚ bˈoʊts, kˈɔːld ɡˈælɪz, wɜː sˈʌmtaɪmz tˈuː tə θɹˈiː hˈʌndɹɪd fˈiːt lˈɔŋ. ðiːz wɜːɹ ʌv tˈuː kˈaɪndz, mˈɜːtʃɐntmˌɛn ænd wˈɔːɹ vˈɛsəlz.