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A Reformed Orthography for the English Language - A proposed spelling reform which facilitates the reading and writing of English, and reassigns Teutonic spelling conventions that are more appropriate than the current orthography.
BTRSPL - Program that converts whole documents in minutes to and from a rational spelling system. Free program developed on George Lahey's notations.
Brasseurs Universal Code [Oliver L. Brasseur] - An alternative to the standard alphabet through a system of symbolic logic characters. Keyboards, characters, calendars.
English Simplified Spelling by Dr. C. George Boeree - English spelling proposals by Dr. Boeree. Introduction, vowels, consonants, samples from Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" and Hamlet's Solioquy / "Inglish Simplifyd Speling: Introduxion, vowelz, consonants". Note that Dr. Boeree is also the inventor of "Lingua Franca Nova", an International Auxiliary Language.
Mapping of Alternate Notations Onto IPA Phonemes - Includes mappings of the following proposed language reform schemes: Broad Romic (by Henry Sweet), Chekt Speling (by Steve Bett), SaundSpel (by Ian Ascott), New Spelling (Nue Speling), ALC Fonetik (by the American Literacy Council), TrueTruespel, OGD-Positional (by John Reilly), ANJeL tuN (by Bruce Beach), Unigraf (by Steve Bett). Also Globish, Shavian, Glossary Extended, Alternate Notations, Links.
Phonetic Alphabet for English - A 32 letter alphabet which gives a one-to-one correlation between sound and spelling, making learning and teaching the language much faster and easier.
Phonetic English - A proposal to unite the spoken word with the written word. IPA - Latin alphabet conversion. Lord's prayer, the chemical elements and the names of the Unites States of America in Phonetic English.
Principles of Spelling Reform by Henry Sweet - Proposals put forward by Henry Sweet as an appendix to "A Handbook of Phonetics". Introduction, choice of letters, employment of letters, transition from and to the present spelling. Representation of vowels, R and its modification, unaccented vowels, consonants, accents and quality, list of English symbols, new types. Varieties of pronunciations, international intelligibility, history and etymology. Page presented in James Chandler's "Spelling Reform" site.
Simple English Conversion - Select any text in traditional English orthography and get same text back in one of the simplified orthographics from the Simplified Spelling Society (namely Fonetic, Cut Speling, Truspel). Free program. By Steven Bird's automated BTRSPL converter.
Spelling Reform Discussion Group / Simplified Spelling Society - Email Directory - Join the "Spelling Reform" discussion by applying by e-mail to any of the members listed in the directory.
Spelling Reform: Site by John J. Reilly - General website on spelling reform including John Reilly's own reform scheme Altscript. Sections on historic figures supporting spelling reform. Speling reform schemes. Also list of societies, persons and resources promoting spelling reform. Links.
Unifon--one sound per symbol--phonetic transcription - The Unifon site contains several Phonemic transcription systems for English. A 40-phonogram ascii-bet changeable to a more pleasing extended alphabet with the installation of the Unifon font. A good, simple place to start a study of phonemic writing systems.
Uniform English Society (UES) / Uniform English (UE) - "Uniform English", an overhaul for English, simple, consistent spelling and usage ideas. UE translations, links. Global Membership.
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