Pɛtɾʊs [1] is a an online automatic phonetic transcription system for Brazilian Portuguese [2]. For example, Pɛtɾʊs automatically converts a sequence of letters like <descrédito> into a sequence of phones [ʤiskɾɛʤɪtʊ]. In order to represent the pronunciation of a word, the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) [3], a latin-based alphabetical system for phonetic notation, is utilized. Beyond phonetic transcription, Pɛtɾʊs offers more information to users like: stressed syllable identification, syllabification and grammatical class (part-of-speech) annotation. Also, it transcribes hetereophonic homographs (words with the same spelling, but different pronunciation), generating both forms as output. If you would like to transcribe a single word, just go to the Try it! section. In the case that you wish to transcribe a list of words, you can go to the Upload file section.

If you would like to submit a list of words, you can submit a “.txt” file and, within moments, you will receive a list automatically transcribed. Please note, the file must be submitted with UTF-8 codification.