Amazon Transcribe table format specifying IPA

Question

I am processing a custom vocabulary table using the console at: https://console.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/

I've chosen a line from the example given
```
Phrase[TAB]SoundsLike[TAB]IPA[TAB]DisplayAs
C.L.I.[TAB][TAB]sɪ ɛl aɪ[TAB]CLI`
```
TAB is replaced with actual tabs and line endings ending with LF

Once processed for an en-GB or en-US custom vocabulary, it fails with the error:
`Validation error: File contains invalid characters or format in the IPA column. Error at line 2.`

If I modify the file to include extra spaces it succeeds, as in
```
Phrase[TAB]SoundsLike[TAB]IPA[TAB]DisplayAs
C.L.I.[TAB][TAB]s ɪ ɛ l aɪ[TAB]CLI
```
This error indicates that the examples given are incorrect or outdated. Is there another way to specify the syllables of a word by grouping characters together as in the examples?

Accepted Answer

This was an issue with the webpage examples. The examples have now been updated and now show spaces between all characters. So the issue I was initially seeing was intended behaviour, and spaces are required.

Answer

The example download file that is provided also has examples without spaces for IPA:

```
Phrase	IPA	SoundsLike	DisplayAs
Los-Angeles			Los Angeles
F.B.I.	ɛ f b i aɪ		FBI
Etienne		eh-tee-en	
```

Amazon Transcribe table format specifying IPA

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