ðə kəmˈɪɾi dᵻsˈaɪdᵻd ɪt wʌz ɪmpˈoːɹtənt tə səpˈoːɹt ˈʌpɚkˌeɪs sˈɪksti fˈoːɹkˈæɹɪktɚɹ ˈælfəbˌɛts, ænd tʃˈoʊz tə pˈætɚn ˈæski sˌoʊ ɪt kʊd biː ɹᵻdˈuːst ˈiːzili tʊ ɐ jˈuːzəbəl sˈɪksti fˈoːɹkˈæɹɪktɚ sˈɛt ʌv ɡɹˈæfɪk kˈoʊdz, æz wʌz dˈʌn ɪnðə dˌiːˌiːsˈiː sˈɪksbɪt kˈoʊd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti θɹˈiː.
The committee decided it was important to support uppercase 64-character alphabets, and chose to pattern ASCII so it could be reduced easily to a usable 64-character set of graphic codes, as was done in the DEC SIXBIT code (1963).