The Unifon (one sound) 40 character augmented alphabet was invented in 1950 by John Malone, a University of Chicago trained economist. The simplified dictionary key which represented English as spoken was originally developed, under contract, for an avionics application. Malone taught the system to his curious son and his son taught the code to his preschool friends. More at Wikipedia

This group has helped revive interest in this code and has found a way to represent it in a way that aligns with the Carnegie Mellon Pronunciation Dictionary (of American English).

Those participating in this group should download the latest Unifon fonts so they can view the all cap alphabet rather than the keyboard entry code.

To make sure that you have the latest fonts go to message #1295

To view Unifon without downloading the font, go to www.unifon.org/convert.htm

Dis iz u Sxrt sampul uv Ynifon.
Unless you download the font, it will display in ASCII code.

Can you read this?

"wuns upxn u tIm u lxng tIm ugO Dc livd u fer prinsus."

If not, you could learn the 12 unfamiliar sound signs in about 15 minutes! There are only 40 sound-symbol correspondences and you already know over half of them.

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