- What is IPA? Meaning and history of the International Phonetic Alphabet
An introduction to IPA: its purpose, origins and milestones, pronunciation notation, and ways to read and type it.
- How to read English IPA
A plain guide to the IPA in English dictionaries: vowels, diphthongs, consonants and stress.
- The kinds of IPA symbols: consonants, vowels and diacritics
How the IPA chart is organised: pulmonic and non-pulmonic consonants, vowels, diacritics and suprasegmentals.
- How to type accented letters on Windows, Mac and phones
Ways to type é, ü, ñ, ç and other accented letters on Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android.
- French accents: choosing and typing é, è, ê, ç and œ
Practice French spelling with accented letters, capitals, ligatures and examples you can type in the keyboard.
- German ä, ö, ü and ß: spelling examples and typing practice
Type German umlauts and ß with examples, capital letters and shortcuts, and check the spelling after pasting.
- Spanish ñ, accents, ¿ and ¡: characters to keep when typing
Practice Spanish ñ, accented vowels, ü and opening punctuation, with examples and Windows/Mac shortcuts.
- Copied characters look different: fonts and Unicode
Troubleshoot missing glyphs, combining marks and input restrictions when copying symbols.
- Using Phonokey: a practical introduction
A first-use guide to typing, copying, shortcuts and contacting Phonokey.
- Currency symbols and what they mean
A list of world currency symbols (€ £ ¥ ₩ ₹ ₽ ₿…) with their names, ISO codes and writing conventions.
- Common math symbols and their names
Names and meanings of everyday math symbols (± × ÷ ≠ ≈ ∈ ∀ ∑ ∫…), grouped by topic.
