text_original: That event was the death of Sir Walter Scott. The later years of Scott's life, as we all know, had been darkened by the failure of his publishers, by the money troubles in which that failure had involved him, by the exhausting efforts he had to make to force his wearied mind into redoubled literary exertion, and, more than all, by the loss of the wife who had been his devoted companion for so many years.
text_transcription: THAT EVENT WAS THE DEATH OF SIR WALTER SCOTT THE LATER YEARS OF SCOTT'S LIFE AS WE ALL KNOW HAD BEEN DARKENED BY THE FAILURE OF HIS PUBLISHERS BY THE MONEY TROUBLES IN WHICH THAT FAILURE HAD INVOLVED HIM BY THE EXHAUSTING EFFORTS HE HAD TO MAKE TO FORCE HIS WEARIED MIND INTO REDOUBLE LITERARY EXERTION AND MORE THAN ALL BY THE LOSS OF THE WIFE WHO HAD BEEN HIS DEVOTED COMPANION FOR SO MANY YEARS
phonemes: ðæt ᵻvˈɛnt wʌzðə dˈɛθ ʌv sˌɜː wˈɔltɚ skˈɑːt. ðə lˈeɪɾɚ jˈɪɹz ʌv skˈɑːts lˈaɪf, æz wiː ˈɔːl nˈoʊ, hɐdbɪn dˈɑːɹkənd baɪ ðə fˈeɪlɪɹ ʌv hɪz pˈʌblɪʃɚz, baɪ ðə mˈʌni tɹˈʌbəlz ɪnwˌɪtʃ ðæt fˈeɪlɪɹ hæd ɪnvˈɑːlvd hˌɪm, baɪ ðɪ ɛɡzˈɔːstɪŋ ˈɛfɚts hiː hædtə mˌeɪk tə fˈɔːɹs hɪz wˈɪɹid mˈaɪnd ˌɪntʊ ɹᵻdˈʌbəld lˈɪɾɚɹˌɛɹi ɛɡzˈɜːʃən, ænd, mˈɔːɹ ðɐn ˈɔːl, baɪ ðə lˈɔs ʌvðə wˈaɪf hˌuː hɐdbɪn hɪz dɪvˈoʊɾᵻd kəmpˈæniən fɔːɹ sˌoʊ mˈɛni jˈɪɹz.