Support: English IPA Keyboard
Note: The English IPA Keyboard app is no longer offered in the App Store. This page is maintained to assist customers who purchased the app in the past.
What does the English IPA Keyboard app do?
The English IPA Keyboard app provides a keyboard that lets you write phonetic English using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in any text app on your iPhone or iPad.
Which characters are provided by this keyboard?
The English IPA Keyboard includes the IPA characters that are necessary to fully represent the pronunciation of English, including regional variations.
The keyboard for iPhone has three layers: consonants, vowels, and other characters.
The keyboard for iPad has two layers: a primary layer optimized for common English following the conventions used in Wikipedia, and a second layer supporting the detailed representation of regional variants.
Which iOS fonts support these characters?
The following iOS fonts provide comprehensive coverage of the characters used in English IPA:
- Helvetica with its Bold, Oblique, and Bold Oblique variants covers all characters provided by the English IPA keyboard except for ʋ, ɤ, ⟨, and ⟩.
- Helvetica Neue with its Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic variants covers all characters provided by the English IPA keyboard except for ʋ, ɤ, ⟨, and ⟩.
- Menlo with its Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic variants covers all characters provided by the English IPA keyboard.