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Life & fun · July 7, 2014

Phonetic Alphabet Tool

Spell things phonetically for any listener.

Phonetic Alphabet Tool launched on July 7, 2014 with 56 votes, #1,137 of 2,263 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

What it does

Useful for spelling words and names over the phone. I printed this page, cut out the table containing the NATO phonetic alphabet (below), and taped it to the side of my computer monitor when I was a call center help desk technician. An alternate version, Western Union's phonetic alphabet, is presented in case the NATO version sounds too militaristic to you. I was inspired to recreate this page and post it online when I overheard a co-worker say "L, as in Log" over the phone. Think you can improve upon the above? Try the new My Phonetic Alphabetfrom osric.com

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