text_original: As I fumbled with them now and then, I was not always so expeditious, perhaps, as I should have been.
text_transcription: AS I FUMBLED WITH THEM NOW AND THEN I WAS NOT ALWAYS SO EXPEDITIOUS PERHAPS AS I SHOULD HAVE BEEN
phonemes: æz aɪ fˈʌmbəld wɪð ðˌɛm nˈaʊ ænd ðˈɛn, aɪ wʌz nˌɑːt ˈɔːlweɪz sˌoʊ ˌɛkspədˈɪʃəs, pɚhˈæps, æz aɪ ʃˌʊdəv bˌɪn.