text_original: So, although I am to be a hopeless cripple, yet I am not sorry that the skill and untiring patience of the great English surgeon, Dr. Thompson, managed to nurse back the feeble spark of my life through all those weeks that I hung on the borderland; for if he had not, the world never would have known.
text_transcription: SO ALTHOUGH I AM TO BE A HOPELESS CRIPPLE I AM NOT SORRY THAT THE SKILL AND UNTIRING PATIENCE OF THE GREAT ENGLISH SURGEON DOCTOR THOMPSON MANAGED TO NURSE BACK THE FEEBLE SPARK OF MY LIFE THROUGH ALL THOSE WEEKS THAT I HUNG ON THE BORDERLAND FOR IF HE HAD NOT THE WORLD NEVER WOULD HAVE KNOWN
phonemes: sˈoʊ, ɔːlðˈoʊ aɪɐm təbi ɐ hˈoʊpləs kɹˈɪpəl, jˈɛt aɪɐm nˌɑːt sˈɑːɹi ðætðə skˈɪl ænd ʌntˈaɪɚɹɪŋ pˈeɪʃəns ʌvðə ɡɹˈeɪt ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ sˈɜːdʒən, dˈɑːktɚ. tˈɑːmpsən, mˈænɪdʒd tə nˈɜːs bˈæk ðə fˈiːbəl spˈɑːɹk ʌv maɪ lˈaɪf θɹuː ˈɔːl ðoʊz wˈiːks ðæt aɪ hˈʌŋ ɔnðə bˈɔːɹdɚlənd; fɔːɹ ɪf hiː hæd nˈɑːt, ðə wˈɜːld nˈɛvɚ wʊdhɐv nˈoʊn.