text_original: Entering a narrow street, guarded by posts and cross bars, a few steps from the crowded thoroughfare brought you into a frightful region, the refuge, it was easy to perceive, of half the lawless characters infesting the metropolis.
text_transcription: ENTERING A NARROW STREET GUARDED BY POSTS AND CROSS BARS A FEW STEPS FROM THE CROWDED THOROUGHFARE BROUGHT YOU INTO A FRIGHTFUL REGION THE REFUGE IT WAS EASY TO PERCEIVE OF HALF THE LAWLESS CHARACTERS INFESTING THE METROPOLIS
phonemes: ˈɛntɚɹɪŋ ɐ nˈæɹoʊ stɹˈiːt, ɡˈɑːɹdᵻd baɪ pˈoʊsts ænd kɹˈɔs bˈɑːɹz, ɐ fjˈuː stˈɛps fɹʌmðə kɹˈaʊdᵻd θˈʌɹoʊfˌɛɹ bɹˈɔːt juː ˌɪntʊ ɐ fɹˈaɪtfəl ɹˈiːdʒən, ðə ɹˈɛfjuːdʒ, ɪt wʌz ˈiːzi tə pɚsˈiːv, ʌv hˈæf ðə lˈɔːləs kˈæɹɪktɚz ɪnfˈɛstɪŋ ðə mətɹˈɑːpəlˌɪs.