quickly access English phonemes in IPA, grab the one you need mid-writing, and paste it directly.

ipa.pyw

import wx
import pyperclip


class IPASelector(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__(parent=None, title="IPA Selector")
        panel = wx.Panel(self)

        self.ipa_symbols = [
            "i",
            "ɪ",
            "e",
            "ɛ",
            "æ",
            "a",
            "ə",
            "ɨ",
            "ɚ",
            "ɝ",
            "aɪ",
            "aʊ",
            "ɔɪ",
            "ju",
            "p",
            "b",
            "t",
            "d",
            "k",
            "ɡ",
            "f",
            "v",
            "θ",
            "ð",
            "s",
            "z",
            "ʃ",
            "ʒ",
            "h",
            "tʃ",
            "dʒ",
            "m",
            "n",
            "ŋ",
            "ʒ",
            "l",
            "ɹ",
            "j",
            "w",
            "ɾ",
        ]

        self.list_box = wx.ListBox(panel, choices=self.ipa_symbols, style=wx.LB_SINGLE)
        self.list_box.Bind(wx.EVT_LISTBOX_DCLICK, self.on_dclick)

        sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
        sizer.Add(self.list_box, 0, wx.ALL | wx.EXPAND, 5)
        panel.SetSizer(sizer)

        self.SetSize((200, 300))
        self.Centre()

    def on_dclick(self, event):
        selected_symbol = self.list_box.GetStringSelection()
        pyperclip.copy(selected_symbol)
        self.Close()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = wx.App()
    frame = IPASelector()
    frame.Show()
    app.MainLoop()