Adrian Underhill's Interactive phonemic chart! This excellent teaching tool can be downloaded (see links below) and played full-screen and gives clear audio examples of the English phoneme set.
Note: The chart is flash-based and can be downloaded (see links below). However, you may not be able to open this chart on a mobile device.
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