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Translates an input string into a string of phonemes. By default, uses Kirshenbaum (ascii) encoding, but will output UTF8 if ipa is #t. You can specify a character to separate the phonemes with using separator. If tie is set, that character is used as a tie within multi-letter phoneme names.

Examples:

(text->phonemes "hello") ;; => "h@l'oU"
(text->phonemes "hello" ipa: #t) ;; => "həlˈəʊ"
(text->phonemes "hello" ipa: #t separator: #\-) ;; => "h-ə-l-ˈəʊ"
(text->phonemes "hello my name is" ipa: #t tie: #t separator: #\x35c)
;; => "həlˈə͜ʊ ma͜ɪ nˈe͜ɪm ɪz"