Select any text. Learn how it's pronounced.
IPAtics gives you instant phonetic transcription for any word on your screen. One hotkey. 14 languages. No tab-switching.
Free forever. 10 transcriptions/day. No card needed.
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Looking up pronunciation shouldn't break your flow
You're reading a text in German. You hit a word you've never seen. So you:
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Find a dictionary that shows IPA
Type the word
Scan the page for the phonetic transcription
See symbols you don’t recognize — open another tab to look those up
Forget what you were reading
Six steps for one word. And you still don't know what /ʃ/ sounds like.
One hotkey. Instant IPA. Every symbol explained.
Select any text on your screen. Press Alt+Q. A clean overlay appears with the full IPA transcription, right where you're working.
Tap a symbol to learn
Hear the word. Save it. Keep reading.
See it in action
Select any word, press Alt+Q — IPA appears instantly.
Three steps to IPA. Under two seconds.
The fastest path from text to pronunciation.
Select
Highlight any word or phrase in any application — a PDF, a subtitle, a chat message, even text inside an image.
Transcribe
Press Alt+Q. The IPA transcription appears in a floating overlay. Tap any symbol to see what it means, with curated examples in your language.
Learn
Hit the speaker icon to hear native pronunciation. Save to your library. Generate an Anki flashcard matched to your CEFR level. Done.
Try it now
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Every IPA symbol, demystified
Most tools show you /baɪˈʃpiːl/ and leave you to figure it out.
What it is
The full phonetic name — e.g., “voiceless palato-alveolar fricative”
How it sounds in your language
Curated example words, not machine-generated guesses. English learner studying German? You'll see the German example first, then the English equivalent.
Hand-verified examples
Examples are verified across all 14 supported languages. If a symbol isn't used in your language, the row is skipped — no fabricated examples, no confusion.
Four ways in. One transcription out.
Select & hotkey
The core workflow. Highlight text anywhere on your screen, press Alt+Q.
Type it yourself
Open the Editor and type or paste anything — a word you heard, a phrase from memory. Upload a .txt or .docx file.
Capture from screen
See text in an image, a video frame, or a non-selectable PDF? Use the built-in screenshot tool. Draw a region, OCR extracts the text.
Speak it
Record a word or phrase and let speech-to-text capture what you said. Useful when you heard something but don’t know how to spell it.
Six card types. Your CEFR level. One click.
IPAtics generates complete Anki flashcards using AI, tailored to your proficiency level and your target language's grammar.
German
Articles and plural forms
French
Gender
Russian
Case endings
Turkish
Vowel harmony patterns
Cards send directly to your running Anki app via AnkiConnect. Pick your deck, your native language, and your card type once — preferences are saved. See the full Anki workflow guide →
Don't just read the IPA. Say it right.
The Speech Analyzer records your pronunciation and breaks it down to the phoneme. You get a score, a color-coded sound strip, and precise coaching on every mistake — jaw position, lip shape, tongue placement, and voicing.
- Open Practice — record any text, see where each phoneme landed
- Minimal Pairs — drill contrasts like /p/ vs /b/ or /ɪ/ vs /iː/ until they stick
- Trouble Sounds — adaptive list of your most frequent errors, sorted by miss count
- Mastery Dashboard — track progress per sound, per contrast, and per word over time
Phoneme breakdown
Tongue: Lower and more open. Jaw: Drop slightly more. Like the “u” in cup.
Keep reading. Build your list as you go.
Focus Mode is a small floating panel that sits in the corner of your screen — always on top, never in the way.
Press Alt+F on any selected word and it drops straight into the panel. No switching windows, no interrupting your flow. Keep reading your article, textbook, or subtitles while lookups accumulate in the background.
Each entry shows the source text, IPA, and detected language. Save words to your library, copy IPA, or play audio — all without leaving what you were doing. When you're done, export the session as a CSV.
Schmetterling
/ˈʃmɛtɐlɪŋ/
pronunciation
/prəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
teşekkürler
/te.ʃek.kyɾ.ˈleɾ/
Your pronunciation library, always growing
Every word you save goes into a searchable, filterable collection synced to your account.
- Search by word or IPA — type "ʃ" and find every saved word containing that sound
- Filter by language — see only your German words, only your Japanese words
- Star favorites — mark the words you keep getting wrong for quick review
- Play any word — native TTS playback on every card
- Generate Anki cards from any saved word, anytime
- Export your full library as CSV
Free users save up to 20 words. Premium removes the cap entirely.
Why language learners pick IPAtics
Works everywhere
Any app on your screen. PDFs, browsers, Word, chat apps, subtitle players. If you can select text or capture it with a screenshot, IPAtics can transcribe it.
14 languages, one tool
English (US & UK), German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Turkish, and Arabic. Auto-detection picks the right one.
Hear it, don’t guess
Every transcription includes text-to-speech — Google Cloud TTS primary, OpenAI fallback. Consistent quality across all 14 languages.
From lookup to flashcard in one click
Not just “save and forget.” AI generates complete Anki cards with grammar, example sentences, and translations calibrated to your CEFR level.
Record. Know exactly what to fix.
The Speech Analyzer scores your pronunciation at the phoneme level and tells you precisely what went wrong — jaw, lips, tongue, voicing — and how to correct it.
Who IPAtics is for
Whether you're studying for an exam, reading foreign texts, coaching pronunciation, or just curious.
Language learners
You’re working through a textbook, watching a show with subtitles, or chatting with a tandem partner. Select a word, press Alt+Q, see the IPA, tap the symbols you don’t recognize, hear the pronunciation, save it, generate an Anki card. Back to learning in seconds.
/kʁwa.sɑ̃/Linguistics students
You’re annotating transcription data or prepping for a phonology exam. IPAtics gives you instant transcriptions without leaving your workspace. Phoneme tooltips double as a quick reference — no need to keep a chart open in another tab.
/ˈʃmɛtɐlɪŋ/Pronunciation coaches
Open Focus Mode. Feed it the text your student is working on, word by word. Star the sounds they struggle with. Export the session as CSV for lesson notes. Generate Minimal Pair cards for their most common confusions — /ʃɪp/ vs /ʃiːp/, /θɪŋk/ vs /sɪŋk/.
/te.ʃek.kyɾ.ˈleɾ/Self-study grinders
Open the Editor. Type the words you heard today but couldn’t spell. Paste a sentence from the article you’re reading. Upload the .docx your teacher shared. Transcribe everything, save what matters, export Anki cards sorted by CEFR level. A week of flashcards in ten minutes.
/a.ɾi.ɡa.toː/The old way vs. IPAtics
How IPAtics compares to ToPhonetics, EasyPronunciation, Forvo, and dictionary apps.
Free to start. Affordable to grow.
No credit card required.
Free
€0 /forever
- 10 transcriptions / day
- Phoneme tooltips on every symbol
- Unlimited text-to-speech playback
- 10 Speech Analyzer sessions / day
- 20 saved words and recent history
- 5 Anki card exports (total) — all 6 card types, including Minimal Pair
- Editor, screenshot OCR, and Focus Mode
- CSV export for study sessions
- Single device
Premium
€3.33 /mo
Billed €39.99/year (save 33%)
- Unlimited transcriptions
- Unlimited Speech Analyzer sessions and practice modes
- Unlimited text-to-speech
- Longer text support (up to 100 characters)
- Unlimited saved words and lookup history
- Unlimited Anki exports — all 6 card types
- Favorites, language, and mastery filters
- Up to 3 devices
- Priority support
All prices in Euros (EUR). VAT included.
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