<p>This question is very old; interestingly, as old as the solution I'm about to present, but it hasn't been mentioned here yet.</p>

<p>It's <a href="https://github.com/dsw/proquint" rel="noreferrer">Proquint</a>. Similar to Bubble Babble, but the differences make the results easier to read, in my opinion.</p>

<p>Here's how it works, from <a href="https://arxiv.org/html/0901.4016" rel="noreferrer">their documentation</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>In sum, we propose encoding a 16-bit string as a proquint [PRO-nouncable QUINT-uplet] of alternating consonants and vowels as follows.</p>
  
  <p>Four-bits as a consonant:</p>

<pre><code>0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
b d f g h j k l m n p r s t v z
</code></pre>
  
  <p>Two-bits as a vowel:</p>

<pre><code>0 1 2 3
a i o u
</code></pre>
  
  <p>Whole 16-bit word, where "con" = consonant, "vo" = vowel:</p>

<pre><code> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|con    |vo |con    |vo |con    |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
</code></pre>
  
  <p>Separate proquints using dashes, which can go un-pronounced or be pronounced "eh". The suggested
  optional magic number prefix to a sequence of proquints is "0q-".</p>
  
  <p>Here are some IP dotted-quads and their corresponding proquints.</p>

<pre><code>127.0.0.1       lusab-babad
63.84.220.193   gutih-tugad
63.118.7.35     gutuk-bisog
140.98.193.141  mudof-sakat
64.255.6.200    haguz-biram
128.30.52.45    mabiv-gibot
147.67.119.2    natag-lisaf
212.58.253.68   tibup-zujah
216.35.68.215   tobog-higil
216.68.232.21   todah-vobij
198.81.129.136  sinid-makam
12.110.110.204  budov-kuras
</code></pre>
</blockquote>
Does a pronounceable encoding exist?
<p>I am using UUIDs, but they are not particularly nice to read, write and communicate. So I would like to encode them. I could use base64, or base32, but they would not be easy anyway: base64 has capitalized letters and symbols. Base32 is a bit better, but you can still obtain clumsy stuff.</p>

<p>I was wondering if there's a nice and clean way to encode a number into palatable phonemes, so to achieve better readability and hopefully a bit of compression.</p>