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This is a long (extended) version of my alphabetically sorted list of SAM's phonemes. I went a bit overboard with silly / rare combinations of English vowels and consonants. But it should help you translate almost any English text into SAM's phonetic language. For some of them (which came from Reciter), I don't think they are the best way to pronounce certain words (for example, "al" in "talk"). Because my opinion is biased (by country and region), I've included them for your own investigation/enlightenment.

Speaking of country and region (i.e., dialect of English), I must point out that the example pronunciations are in "standard" American English. Ha -- as if such a thing existed! I'm thinking the Western America accent seems most neutral (of American accents), and I also believe it is how Reciter was designed to translate text into SAM phonemes. The examples match with American dictionaries and Wiktionary US pronunciation (in general... I haven't verified everything). Anyway, if you don't have an American accent, some examples may be misleading.

Regardless of your personal accent, the cool thing about SAM is you can make him speak with any accent you like... British, Scottish, Australian, Jamaican, etc. Have fun!!

English Letter(s)	SAM Phoneme	SAM code (hex)	Example(s) pronunciation
ə (ambiguous)	AX	$0D	fallen, gallon
a	AE	$08	Sam
a	EY	$30	made
ae	EY	$30	sundae
	IY	$05	paean, caesium
	AY	$31	maestro
ai	EY	$30	main
ai	EH	$07	hair
al	AO	$0B	talk
ao	EYAA	$30, $09	chaos
au	AO	$0B	cause
augh	AO	$0B	caught
ay	EY	$30	may
b	B	$36	bad
c	K	$48	come
c	S	$20	receive, cede
ch	CH	$2A	chew
	K	$48	chaos
	K/X	$48, $25	loch
d	D	$39	dog
dg	J	$2C	fudge
e	EH	$07	beg
e	IY	$05	he
ea	IY	$05	meat
	EH	$07	dead
	IYAE	$05, $08	react
eau	YUW	$1A, $35	beauty
eau	IYAO	$05, $0B	reauthor
ee	IY	$05	free
ee	IYEH	$05, $07	reenter
ei	IY	$05	receive
ei	IYIH	$05, $06	reimage
eigh	EY	$30	weigh
er	ER	$0F	herd
ew	UW	$35	new, crew
ey	EY	$30	they
ey	IY	$05	key
f	F	$22	fish
g	G	$3C	go
	GX	$3F	progress
	J	$2C	huge
h	/H	$24	head
i	IH	$06	fit
	IX	$0E	digit
	AY	$31	ice, bicycle, hi
ia	AYAX	$31, $0D	bias
ia	AY	$31	diamond
ie	AY	$31	die
	IY	$05	chief
	AYAX	$31, $0D	diet
igh	AY	$31	might
io	AYAA	$31, $09	ion
	AYAX	$31, $0D	lion, biology
	AYOH	$31, $11	biomass, diode
ir	ER	$0F	bird
j	J	$2C	Jew
k	K	$48	kitchen
k	KX	$4B	necklace
l	L	$18	long
l	LX	$13	call
m	M	$1B	may
n	N	$1C	not
ng	NX	$1D	song, running
o	AA	$09	pot
	OH	$11	cone
	OW	$34	no
	UW	$35	do, who
oa	OH	$11	foam
oe	OW	$34	foe
	OWEH	$34, $07	poet, coexist
	AH	$0A	does
oi	OY	$32	coin
oo	UH	$0C	book
	UX	$10	loot
	UW	$35	boo
	AH	$0A	blood
ou	AW	$33	couch
ou	AH	$0A	touch
ough	AO	$0B	thought
	OW	$34	dough
	UW	$35	through
ow	AW	$33	how
ow	OW	$34	slow
oy	OY	$32	boy
p	P	$42	poke
q	K	$48	queue
r	R	$17	red
r	RX	$12	bar
s	S	$20	Sam
	Z	$26	bits
	ZH	$27	measure
sch	SK	$20, $48	school
sh	SH	$21	she
sh	*	$2B	shtik
si	ZH	$27	vision
ssi	SH	$21	passion
t	T	$45	talk
t	DX	$1E	pity
th	DH	$29	then, the
th	TH	$23	thin, path
ti	SH	$21	motion
u	AH	$0A	bug
u	YUW	$1A, $35	huge
ua	AA	$09	guard
	UWAX	$30, $0D	dual
	UWAE	$30, $08	duality
	UWAA	$30, $09	nuance
	WOH	$19, $11	quart
	WEY	$19, $30	quake
uai	WEY	$19, $30	quaint
ue	(Y)UW	($1A)$35	due, hue
	WEH	$19, $07	quest
	WIX	$19, $0E	query
uee	WIY	$19, $05	queen
ui	WIH	$19, $06	quick
	WAY	$19, $31	quite
	UWIH	$30, $06	tuition
uie	WAYAX	$19, $31, $0D	quiet
uo	WOW	$19, $34	quote
uy	AY	$31	buy
v	V	$28	vote, seven
w	W	$19	win, weather
w	WX	$14	saw
wh	WH	$16	when, whether
wh	/X	$25	who
x	KS	$48, $20	exact, jinx
	EHKS	$07, $48, $20	X-Ray
	Z	$26	xylophone
y	Y	$1A	you
	YX	$15	say
	AY	$31	my
	IY	$05	carry
z	Z	$26	zoo
z	ZH	$27	azure

Links

List of phonemes by SAM code
Project64 documentation of (C64) SAM.
Find out more about SAM+Reciter (C64) on Wikipedia!