text_original: As it started to wade ashore its advance was momentarily checked by a terrific volley of stones, hurled with amazing force and precision; then, emitting a series of those dreadful, shrieking roars, it dashed forward with outstretched arms, seized the nearest native and, without apparent effort, literally tore the unfortunate man's head from his body.
text_transcription: AS IT STARTED TO WADE ASHORE ITS ADVANCE WAS MOMENTARILY CHECKED BY A TERRIFIC VOLLEY OF STONES HURLED WITH AMAZING FORCE AND PRECISION THEN OMITTING A SERIES OF THOSE DREADFUL SHRIEKING ROARS IT DASHED FORWARD WITH OUTSTRETCHED ARMS SEIZED THE NEAREST NATIVE AND WITHOUT APPARENT EFFORT LITERALLY TORE THE UNFORTUNATE MAN'S HEAD FROM HIS BODY
phonemes: æz ɪt stˈɑːɹɾᵻd tə wˈeɪd ɐʃˈɔːɹ ɪts ɐdvˈæns wʌz mˌoʊməntˈɛɹᵻli tʃˈɛkt baɪ ɐ tɚɹˈɪfɪk vˈɑːli ʌv stˈoʊnz, hˈɜːld wɪð ɐmˈeɪzɪŋ fˈɔːɹs ænd pɹɪsˈɪʒən; ðˈɛn, ɪmˈɪɾɪŋ ɐ sˈɪɹiz ʌv ðoʊz dɹˈɛdfəl, ʃɹˈiːkɪŋ ɹˈɔːɹz, ɪt dˈæʃt fˈɔːɹwɚd wɪð aʊtstɹˈɛtʃt ˈɑːɹmz, sˈiːzd ðə nˌɪɹɪst nˈeɪɾɪv ænd, wɪðˌaʊt ɐpˈæɹənt ˈɛfɚt, lˈɪɾɚɹəli tˈɔːɹ ðɪ ʌnfˈɔːɹtʃənət mˈænz hˈɛd fɹʌm hɪz bˈɑːdi.