English Phonotypic Alphabet

[4] Subsequently, adaptations were published which extended the alphabet to the German, Arabic, Spanish, Tuscan, French, Welsh, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese and Sanskrit languages.

[13][14] The letters are as follows (with some approximations to accommodate Unicode) At this stage, long vowels had a cross-bar, and short vowels did not Ɨ /iː/, E /eɪ/, A /ɑː/, Ɵ /ɔː/, Ʉ /oʊ/?, ᗻ (for some fonts ᗼ) /uː/ I /ɪ/, ⵎ /ɛ/, Ʌ /æ/, O /ɒ/, U /ʌ/, ᗯ /ʊ/ (the letter for /ʊ/ was like ⟨Ɯ⟩ but with the middle stem not so tall as the others, and did not have a serif at the bottom right) Ɯ /juː/ (like Iᗯ), ⅄ /aɪ/ (like ɅI), Ȣ /aʊ/ (like Oᗯ)?

[15] These trials culminated in the adoption of the English Phonotypic Alphabet in two public school districts in the United States: - Waltham, Massachusetts, between 1852 & 1860 and Syracuse, New York, between 1850 & 1866.

"[21] Bothe's analysis of the course of study for the Syracuse school district measured the improvement from using Phonotypy: - In 1855, before the introduction of the transitional alphabet, the student was expected to finish reading Webb's Second Reader by the end of the third grade.

In 1858, the first year in which phonetic texts appeared in the course of study, Webb's Second Reader was entirely completed two-thirds through the second grade (four trimesters gained).

Street sign of Kingston Buildings in Bath , once seat of The Phonetic Society [ 1 ]
Letters of the English phonotypic Alphabet (1847)
Additional letters for other languages in 1845
The American version of the alphabet of 1855, as reprinted in a medical dictionary in 1871
An early version of the alphabet, 1843
The first page of the Longley Primer shows children the letters of the Phonotypic alphabet so they can learn the associated sounds.
Cover of the Second Phonetic Reader in Phonotypy
Since a child learns literacy in Phonotypy, this page of the Transition Reader explains to the child why they need to change alphabet.
Elias Longley, author of The Phonetic Readers in Phonotypy
2nd Phonetic Reader - The teacher's notes explain the importance of comprehension as children learn to read more quickly with Phonotypy.