Truespel can also be found on the internet. It has been developed by Tom Zurinskas in the U.S.A., and is designed as a phonetic system that can be used for all languages.
Perhaps that is why some of the spelling rules seem a bit unusual.
The long vowel sounds are spelt ae, ee, ie, oe and ue - like New Spelling. This means that 'mate', for example, is spelt 'maet' - a change that seems unnecessary.
Consonants are doubled before a stressed vowel. This seems most unusual, as in traditional spelling it is the vowel after a stressed consonant that is commonly doubled. So 'about' is spelt 'abbout'.
So the example: "That quick beige fox jumped in the air over each thin dog. Look out, I shout, for he's foiled you again" becomes, in Truespel:
That kwik baezh faaks jumpd in thu air oever eech thhin daug. Look out, ie shout, for heez foild yue uggen.
Compare this with e-speec, which has fewer unecessary changes (for example, it uses 'c' instead of 'k') - and yet is more consistent:
"That cwic bazhe focs jumpt in the air over eech thin dog. Looc
out, I shout, for hee'z foild yu agen."
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