1. Vowel Keyboard Mapping for Alvin Transcription Exercises
/i/ heed i
/ɪ/ hid I
/e/ hayed, bait e
/ɛ/ head E
/æ/ had @ (mnemonic: this is the “at” [æt] symbol)
/ɑ/ hod, pod A
/ɔ/ hawed, caught c
/o/ hoed, boat o
/ʊ/ hood U
/u/ who’d, boot u
/ʌ/ hud, but ^ (above the ‘6’ key usually)
/ɚ/ heard R
/ə/ about, mantra & (mnemonic: none; sorry, but this one you just have to memorize)

2. (excluding the obvious ones – b,d,g,p,t,k, etc.)
Consonant Keyboard Mapping for Alvin Exercises
(excluding the obvious ones – b,d,g,p,t,k, etc.)
[θ] thin T
[ð] then D
[ʃ] / [š] shoe S (upper case)
[ʒ] / [ž] measure Z (upper case)
[ʔ] uh-oh / button / (mnemonic: ‘/’ is just below ‘?’)
[tʃ] / [č] church tS
[dʒ] / [ǰ] judge dZ
[ʍ] which / whether M (mnemonic: [ʍ] looks ~like ‘M’)
[ŋ] sing N
[ɾ] butter F (mnemonic: F=Flap)

3. Diacritics ̩ (e.g., [n̩]) syllabic ` (back quote; upper left of KB)
̃ (e.g., [õ]) nasalized ) (right parenthesis)
h (e.g., [th] aspirated H (upper case)