text_original: The piece he played struck me as being an actual improvisation. Transcribed in black and white, I should not have been surprised to find it something very much like nonsense; but, played as he played it then, it had an effect upon my already agitated nervous system, which, so far as I was personally concerned, I found peculiarly dis  concerting, I almost b^^ to feel, as Mrs. Groome seemed to be feeling, that these things were chanc  ing in a dream.
text_transcription: THE PIECE HE PLAYED STRUCK ME AS BEING AN ACTUAL IMPROVISATION TRANSCRIBED IN BLACK AND WHITE I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SURPRISED TO FIND IT SOMETHING VERY MUCH LIKE NONSENSE BUT PLAYED AS HE PLAYED IT THEN IT HAD AN EFFECT UPON MY ALREADY AGITATED NERVOUS SYSTEM WHICH SO FAR AS I WAS PERSONALLY CONCERNED I FOUND PECULIARLY DISCONCERTING I ALMOST BEGAN TO FEEL AS MISSUS GROOM SEEMED TO BE FEELING THAT THESE THINGS WERE CHANCING IN A DREAM
phonemes: ðə pˈiːs hiː plˈeɪd stɹˈʌk mˌiː æz bˌiːɪŋ ɐn ˈæktʃuːəl ˌɪmpɹəvəzˈeɪʃən. tɹænskɹˈaɪbd ɪn blˈæk ænd wˈaɪt, aɪ ʃˌʊd nˌɑːɾɐv bˌɪn sɚpɹˈaɪzd tə fˈaɪnd ɪt sˈʌmθɪŋ vˈɛɹi mˈʌtʃ lˈaɪk nˈɑːnsəns; bˌʌt, plˈeɪd æz hiː plˈeɪd ɪt ðˈɛn, ɪt hæd ɐn ɪfˈɛkt əpˌɑːn maɪ ɔːlɹˌɛdi ˈædʒᵻtˌeɪɾᵻd nˈɜːvəs sˈɪstəm, wˈɪtʃ, sˈoʊ fˌɑːɹ æz aɪ wʌz pˈɜːsənəli kənsˈɜːnd, aɪ fˈaʊnd pɪkjˈuːlɪɹli dˈɪs kənsˈɜːɾɪŋ, aɪ ˈɔːlmoʊst bˈiː tə fˈiːl, æz mˈɪsɪz. ɡɹˈuːm sˈiːmd təbi fˈiːlɪŋ, ðæt ðiːz θˈɪŋz wɜː tʃˈæŋk ˈɪŋ ɪn ɐ dɹˈiːm.