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==Background==
The Kirshenbaum started developing in August 1992 through a [[usenet]] group, after "being fed up with describing the sound of words by using other words".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kirshenbaum.net/IPA/index.html|title=Usenet IPA/ASCII transcription|publisher=|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926075623/http://www.kirshenbaum.net/IPA/index.html|archivedate=2011-09-26|df=}}</ref>
It should be usable for both phonemic and narrow phonetic transcription.
* It should be possible to represent all symbols and diacritics in the IPA.
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The developers decided to use the existing IPA alphabet, mapping each ''segment'' to a single keyboard character, and adding extra ASCII characters optionally for IPA ''diacritics''.
An early (1993), different set in ASCII was derived from the pronunciation guide in [[Merriam-Webster's#Pronunciation guides|Merriam-Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary]], which uses straight letters to describe the sound.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kirshenbaum.net/IPA/english.html|title=FAQ: Summary of IPA/ASCII transcription for English|publisher=|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808105359/http://www.kirshenbaum.net/IPA/english.html|archivedate=2011-08-08|df=}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160419125856/http://www.kirshenbaum.net/IPA/ascii-ipa.pdf Kirshenbaum specification] ([[Portable Document Format|PDF]] file)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20000918223327/http://www.alt-usage-english.org/ipa/ascii_ipa_combined.shtml Tutorial and guide with sound samples]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110926075623/http://www.kirshenbaum.net/IPA/index.html History]
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