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SoundSpel

SoundSpel is a regular and mostly phonemic English-language spelling reform proposal. It uses a 26-letter alphabet that is fully compatible with QWERTY and Dvorak keyboards. Though SoundSpel is currently based on American English pronunciation,[1] it can represent dialectal pronunciation, including British English. With roots extending as far back as 1910[2] but largely complete by 1986, SoundSpel was developed "in response to the widely held conviction that English spelling is more complex than it needs to be."[3] The American Literacy Council has endorsed the reform[4] because anglophones can easily read it.[5] Additionally, according to its proponents, "[SoundSpel] is fully compatible with traditional spelling and can be mixed with it in any proportion desired."[6]

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