What if we could support speech sound processing earlier?
What if we could make reading and spelling easier for all brains?
What if we could simply show the speech to print code?

MyWordz® technology is built on a complete set of rules, developed by Emma Hartnell-Baker, capable of mapping every word in English into its graphemes and phonemes according to Ortho-GraphiX®. Across the entire English lexicon, only two words fall outside these rules: "one" and "once," where the letter "o" maps to two phonemes, /w/ and /ʌ/, a correspondence that occurs nowhere else in English.
 

The MyWordz® database currently holds over 20,000 words, mapped by the algorithm and believed to cover all words used by primary school aged children.

Every word is mapped against standard British IPA, with one deliberate exception: /ʊə/ is not used, replaced by /ɔː/, reflecting the merger now standard in contemporary Received Pronunciation. That IPA mapping runs on the back end; learners never see the phonetic symbols themselves. Instead, MyWordz® shows which letters form each grapheme, and Phonemies® (called Speech Sound Monsters by children) represent the sound value of each one, so the underlying accuracy is preserved without requiring anyone to read IPA notation directly.

MyWordz® mapping goes beyond pronunciation. The algorithm combines IPA transcription with grapheme analysis, built from Emma Hartnell-Baker's ten-year analysis of spelling choices for every phoneme with children in Australia. This means the system doesn't just show how a word sounds, it decides which sounds are actually mapped to a letter when teaching phonics. In "kettle" (k / e / tt / le), the word sounds like /kɛtᵊl/, but the final schwa isn't assigned to any grapheme, only /kɛtl/ is mapped. We say 'the schwa is swallowed' In "metal" (m / e / t / a / l), every sound, including the schwa, maps to a grapheme, with "a" carrying it. Seeing the IPA alone can't show this; MyWordz® shows exactly which sounds have a letter, and which don't.

Check Monster Mapping® lets users type or say any word to see its full mapping instantly: graphemes and their sound values, shown together. Where a single grapheme carries two phonemes, such as "u" representing /juː/ in "unicorn," this is shown as two Speech Sound Monster tiles combined into one grapheme. This is something plain IPA text can't show: written phonetic symbols alone don't reveal whether two phonemes belong to one grapheme or two separate ones, for example the two phonemes in "you" belong to two separate graphemes, y and ou, not one. MyWordz® makes that grapheme boundary visible, not just the sound.
 

Code Mapping® shows only the grapheme structure of a word, without sound values. Each grapheme is shown as a complete unit, with alternating black and grey marking the boundaries so the structure can be seen at a glance, and split digraphs shown in blue. Users can paste large amounts of text, process it, and download the mapped result for their own documents; any unmapped ("red") words are flagged so they can be emailed in to be added to the database for everyone.
 

MySpeekie® is the world's first one-screen AAC system. Users build words and sentences by tapping Phonemies® in sequence, then reveal the correctly spelled word and hear it voiced aloud. Children can build whole sentences, they aren't constrained to single words.  

Map and Drag shows a word already segmented into its graphemes. Users drag their chosen Phonemies® onto each grapheme to assign the sound value, adapting the mapping to their own accent, then save or print the result.
 

Map and Drag (Red Words) is for words not already mapped in the back-end database. Users can adjust the grapheme boundaries themselves, for example mapping "car" as c-a-r rather than accepting a default segmentation, before dragging Phonemies® onto the graphemes to assign sound values. Words mapped this way stay local to that user unless they request the word be added back-end for everyone.

Monster Mapping® is a learning space for exploring and getting to know the Speech Sound Monsters (Phonemies®) themselves.