New on CTAN: xsipa
Date: May 18, 2025 7:35:16 AM CEST
Kouamé Josué Akpoué submitted the
xsipa
package.
Version: 1.0 2025-05-16
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Short XSAMPA-based commands for IPA transcription in LaTeX
Announcement text:
Tired of typing long and unreadable \textipa{} commands? The XSIPA package offers a clean and efficient solution for phonetic transcription in LaTeX. Inspired by the XSAMPA system, XSIPA provides short, engine-aware commands that seamlessly translate to IPA using either tipa or xunicode, depending on your TeX engine.
The package’s Catalogue entry will appear on https://ctan.org/pkg/xsipa ... once a severe bug has been fixed that is currently inhibiting synchronization of our webpage with the Catalogue’s source. Sorry for the inconvenience! The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xsipa/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
Tired of typing long and unreadable \textipa{} commands? The XSIPA package offers a clean and efficient solution for phonetic transcription in LaTeX. Inspired by the XSAMPA system, XSIPA provides short, engine-aware commands that seamlessly translate to IPA using either tipa or xunicode, depending on your TeX engine.
The package’s Catalogue entry will appear on https://ctan.org/pkg/xsipa ... once a severe bug has been fixed that is currently inhibiting synchronization of our webpage with the Catalogue’s source. Sorry for the inconvenience! The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xsipa/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
xsipa – Short XSAMPA-based commands for IPA transcription in LaTeX
This LaTeX package provides a lightweight phonetic transcription system inspired by XSAMPA. It translates modified XSAMPA sequences into proper IPA symbols, using either the tipa package (for pdfTeX users) or Unicode IPA symbols via xunicode (for XeTeX and LuaTeX users).
The package was designed to simplify phonetic transcription in LaTeX by offering concise macros such as \xsE for \textepsilon, and \xs*...* as a shortcut for multi-symbol sequences (e.g., \xs*EO* for ɛɔ). These commands are modeled after XSAMPA but adapted for LaTeX compatibility — including custom replacements for reserved characters.
| Package | xsipa |
| Version | 1.0 2025-05-16 |
| Maintainer | Kouamé Josué Akpoué |