jˈuːnɪkˌoʊd ænd ðɪ ˌaɪˌɛsˈoʊ slˈæʃ ˌaɪˌiːsˈiː tˈɛn θˈaʊzənd sˈɪkshˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi sˈɪks jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsəl kˈæɹɪktɚ sˈɛt jˌuːsˌiːˈɛs hæv ɐ mˈʌtʃ wˈaɪdɚɹ ɚɹˈeɪ ʌv kˈæɹɪktɚz ænd ðɛɹ vˈɛɹiəs ɛŋkˈoʊdɪŋ fˈɔːɹmz hæv bɪɡˈʌn tə səplˈænt ˌaɪˌɛsˈoʊ slˈæʃ ˌaɪˌiːsˈiː ˈeɪt θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti nˈaɪn ænd ˈæski ɹˈæpɪdli ɪn mˈɛni ɛnvˈaɪɹənmənts.
Unicode and the ISO/IEC 10646 Universal Character Set (UCS) have a much wider array of characters and their various encoding forms have begun to supplant ISO/IEC 8859 and ASCII rapidly in many environments.