Editing International Phonetic Alphabet (section)

=== Classical singing ===
The IPA has widespread use among classical singers during preparation as they are frequently required to sing in a variety of foreign languages. They are also taught by vocal coaches to perfect diction and improve tone quality and tuning.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Severens |first=Sara E. |year=2017 |title=The Effects of the International Phonetic Alphabet in Singing |journal=Student Scholar Showcase |url=https://digitalshowcase.lynchburg.edu/studentshowcase/2017/presentations/53/ |language=en |access-date=30 May 2018 |archive-date=5 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905102421/https://digitalshowcase.lynchburg.edu/studentshowcase/2017/presentations/53/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Opera [[libretto]]s are authoritatively transcribed in IPA, such as [[Nico Castel]]'s volumes<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.castelopera.com/libretti.htm |title=Nico Castel's Complete Libretti Series |publisher=Castel Opera Arts |access-date=29 September 2008 |archive-date=24 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724211024/http://www.castelopera.com/libretti.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> and Timothy Cheek's book ''Singing in Czech''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://scarecrowpress.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0810840030 |last=Cheek |first=Timothy |title=Singing in Czech |year=2001 |page=392 |isbn=978-0-8108-4003-4 |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |access-date=25 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007052429/http://scarecrowpress.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB%2FCATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0810840030 |archive-date=7 October 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Opera singers' ability to read IPA was used by the site ''Visual Thesaurus'', which employed several opera singers "to make recordings for the 150,000 words and phrases in VT's lexical database&nbsp;... for their vocal stamina, attention to the details of enunciation, and most of all, knowledge of IPA".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=155 |title=Operatic IPA and the Visual Thesaurus |last=Zimmer |first=Benjamin |author-link=Benjamin Zimmer |work=[[Language Log]] |publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania]] |access-date=29 September 2009 |date=14 May 2008 |archive-date=26 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826025723/http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=155 |url-status=live}}</ref>