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text to speech pronunciation challenge. speech synthesis test sample. font stress test sample.
Panagrams, ligatures and other font stress tests
Hamburgefonstiv
#123,456.7890mph
1lIi, 2z, 3E, 4yuA, 5sS, 6bG, 7L, 8B, 9g, 0Oo
bdpq
"…", “…”, ‘…’,:;.!? () {} []
- hyphen, – en dash, — em dash
SAMPLE KERNING PAIRS
AT AV AW AY Av Aw Ay Fa Fe Fo Kv Kw Ky LO LV LY PA Pa Pe Po TA
Ta Te Ti To Tr Ts Tu Ty UA VA Va Ve Vo Vr Vu Vy WA WO Wa We Wr Wv Wy
Portuguese
Jovem ex-quenga picha frase da Blitz.
Quem traz CD, LP, fax, engov e whisky JB?
Luís argüia à Júlia que «brações, fé, chá, óxido, pôr, zângão» eram palavras do português.
João: “Vá às favas, judas, zerê caquético!”; Noé: “Eu? —Vá você, pinguço, linguinha, xibimba!
À noite, vovô Kowalsky vê o ímã cair no pé do pinguim queixoso e vovó põe açúcar no chá de tâmaras do jabuti feliz.
English
Squdgy fez, blank jimp crwth vox!
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs
Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow.
The five boxing wizards jump quickly.
A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats.
Five quacking Zephyrs jolt my wax bed.
Heavy boxes perform waltzes and jigs.
French
Sixty Randgloves mixed with Quartz & Desktop … Où l’obèse jury mûr? Klön den Hyperlink quer zum Flüstermodus.
Servez à ce monsieur, le vieux petit juge blond assis au fond, une bière hollandaise et des kiwis, parce qu'il y tient.
Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
German
Typographie ist zweidimensionale Architektur und bedingt extra Qualität in jeder vollkommenen Ausführung.
Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Viktor quer über den großen Sylter Deich
Vogt Nyx: »Büß du ja zwölf Qirsch, Kämpe!«
Verbüß öd’ Joch, kämpf Qual, zwing Styx!
Dutch
Quizdeltagerne spiste jordbær med fløde, mens cirkusklovnen Walther spillede på xylofon.
Latin
Te canit adcelebratqve polvs rex gazifer hymnis.
Trans zephyriqve globvm scandvnt tva facta per axem.
Sample
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
Brick quiz whangs jumpy veldt fox!
Quick wafting zephyrs vex bold Jim.
Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow!
The five boxing wizards jump quickly.
Mr. Jock, TV quiz Ph.D., bags few lynx.
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.
Jackdaws love my sphinx of black quartz.
Sympathizing would fix Quaker objectives.
Five big quacking zephyrs jolt my wax bed.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Many-wived Jack laughs at probes of sex quiz.
Mix Zapf with Veljovic and get quirky Beziers.
Dumpy kibitzer jingles as exchequer overflows.
Puzzled women bequeath jerks very exotic gifts.
Turgid saxophones blew over Mick's jazzy quiff.
Brawny gods just flocked up to quiz and vex him.
Viewing quizzical abstracts mixed up hefty jocks.
Playing jazz vibe chords quickly excites my wife.
Jim just quit and packed extra bags for Liz Owen.
Five wine experts jokingly quizzed sample chablis.
William Jex quickly caught five dozen Republicans.
A large fawn jumped quickly over white zinc boxes.
Big July earthquakes confound zany experimental vow.
Exquisite farm wench gives body jolt to prize stinker.
Six big devils from Japan quickly forgot how to waltz.
The vixen jumped quickly on her foe barking with zeal.
Five or six big jet planes zoomed quickly by the tower.
Crazy Fredericka bought many very exquisite opal jewels.
My grandfather picks up quartz and valuable onyx jewels.
Six crazy kings vowed to abolish my quite pitiful jousts.
How razorback-jumping frogs can level six piqued gymnasts!
Sixty zippers were quickly picked from the woven jute bag.
The job of waxing linoleum frequently peeves chintzy kids.
Jack amazed a few girls by dropping the antique onyx vase!
We have just quoted on nine dozen boxes of gray lamp wicks.
May Jo equal the fine record by solving six puzzles a week?
West quickly gave Bert handsome prizes for six juicy plums.
Fred specialized in the job of making very quaint wax toys.
Just keep examining every low bid quoted for zinc etchings.
Freight to me sixty dozen quart jars and twelve black pans.
Verily the dark ex-Jew quit Zionism, preferring the cabala.
Jay visited back home and gazed upon a brown fox and quail.
A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats.
Jeb quickly drove a few extra miles on the glazed pavement.
All questions asked by five watch experts amazed the judge.
Grumpy wizards make toxic brew for the evil Queen and Jack.
The exodus of jazzy pigeons is craved by squeamish walkers.
We promptly judged antique ivory buckles for the next prize.
The risque gown maked a very brazen exposure of juicy flesh.
Back in June we delivered oxygen equipment of the same size.
Lazy movers quit hard-packing of papier-mache jewelry boxes.
While waxing parquet decks, Suez sailors vomit jaunitly abaft.
How vexing a fumble, to drop a jolly zucchini in the quicksand!
Astronaut Quincy B. Zack defies gravity with six jet fuel pumps.
My help squeezed back in again and joined the weavers after six.
New farm hand (picking just six quinces) proves strong but lazy.
Alfredo just must bring very exciting news to the plaza quickly.
Back in my quaint garden jaunty zinnias vie with flaunting phlox.
Jaded zombies acted quaintly but kept driving their oxen forward.
Hark! Toxic jungle water vipers quietly drop on zebras for meals!
Six big juicy steaks sizzled in a pan as five workmen left the quarry.
Will Major Douglas be expected to take this true-false quiz very soon?
The juke box music puzzled a gentle visitor from a quaint valley town.
Just work for improved basic techniques to maximize your typing skill.
A mad boxer shot a quick, gloved jab to the jaw of his dizzy opponent.
Verbatim reports were quickly given by Jim Fox to his amazed audience.
When we go back to Juarez, Mexico, do we fly over picturesque Arizona?
Questions of a zealous nature have become by degrees petty waxen jokes.
About sixty codfish eggs will make a quarter pound of very fizzy jelly.
Murky haze enveloped a city as jarring quakes broke fourty-six windows.
King Alexander was just partly overcome after quizzing Diogenes in his tub.
The July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt.
Two hardy boxing kangaroos jet from Sydney to Zanzibar on quicksilver pinions.
Perhaps President Clinton's amazing sax skills will be judged quite favorably.
Was there a quorum of able whizzkids gravely exciting the jaded fish at ATypI?
Ebenezer unexpectedly bagged two tranquil aardvarks with his jiffy vacuum cleaner.
Fabled reader with jaded, roving eye seized by quickened impulse to expand budget.
For only $49, jolly housewives made "inexpensive" meals using quick-frozen vegetables.
The sex life of the woodchuck is a provocative question for most vertebrate zoology majors.
Breezily jangling $3,416,857,209 wise advertiser ambles to the bank, his exchequer amplified.
Jimmy and Zack, the police explained, were last seen diving into a field of buttered quahogs.
William said that everything about his jacket was in quite good condition except for the zipper.
The vegetarian menu included gazpacho, piquant julienne beets, rusk rounds with yogurt, and excellent flan.
Jelly-like above the high wire, six quaking pachyderms kept the climax of the extravaganza in a dazzling state of flux.
No kidding, Lorenzo called off his trip to visit Mexico City just because they told him the conquistadores were extinct.
Forsaking monastic tradition, twelve jovial friars gave up their vocation for a questionable existence on the flying trapeze.
An inspired calligrapher can create pages of beauty using stick ink, quill, brush, pick-axe, buzz saw, or even strawberry jam.
Ligatures
Parsnip Souffle / Parsnip Souffle
sticky ginger spice
Easter Eggs Baked with Cheese / Easter Eggs Baked with Cheese
COOL CHOCOLATE SOUP / CꝎL CHOCOLATE SOUP
MONKFISH et SPUDS / MONKFISH & SPUDS
THE AARDVARK GOGGLES / THE ꜲRDVARK GOGGLES
Deconstructivist theorists be freeky
SUPER AMBIENT LAVA LAMP / SUPER AMBIENT LꜸA LAMP
Affinity with happy gift sprees / Affinity with happy giſt sprees
ſs, ſz ẞ, ß
AE, ae Æ, æ
OE, oe Œ, œ
IJ, ij IJ, ij
ue ᵫ
TZ, tz Ꜩ, ꜩ
AA, aa Ꜳ, ꜳ
AO, ao Ꜵ, ꜵ
AU, au Ꜷ, ꜷ
AV, av Ꜹ, ꜹ
AY, ay Ꜽ, ꜽ
OO, oo Ꝏ, ꝏ
ui ꭐ
f‌f ff
f‌i fi
f‌l fl
f‌f‌i ffi
f‌f‌l ffl
ſt ſt
st st
et 🙰
fa, fe, fo, fr, fs, ft, fb, fh, fu, fy, f. f- f, ff and fft
TT, TH, TI, TJ, TL, TB, TK
Tt, Th, Ti, Tj, Tl, Tb, Tk
tt, th, ti, tj, tl, tb, tk
Saying Abbreviations
CIA, NBC, CNN, HTTP, http, UTC, UN.
Saying Acronyms
NASA, NATO, AIDS, scuba, and laser.
Other than inflection, there were no differences between the two voices until the last term: POTUS. Admittedly, using this term is a reach. It is rarely used outside the US political circles of Washington, DC but it leads to our next strategy.
Pronouncing Heteronyms
A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
The buck does funny things when does are present.
They were too close to the door to close it.
Don't desert me here in the desert!
When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
With every number I read, my mind gets number and number.
He could lead if he would get the lead out.
I did not object to the object.
The Harvard Sentences
Oak is strong and also gives shade.
Cats and dogs each hate the other.
The pipe began to rust while new.
Open the crate but don't break the glass.
Add the sum to the product of these three.
Thieves who rob friends deserve jail.
The ripe taste of cheese improves with age.
Act on these orders with great speed.
The hog crawled under the high fence.
Move the vat over the hot fire.
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