This guide gives approximate English-equivalent sounds for Czech letters.
Czech has two accents which HTML cannot accomodate: when a letter is followed by a ^ (for example c^) it means there is an upsidedown caret on top of the letter (). And u* means a u with a small circle above it.
Vowels:
a: as in cut.
á: as in father.
e: as in met.
é: as in bad.
e^:
be^, pe^, ve^: bje, pje, vje
me^: mn^e
de^, te^, ne^: d^e, t^e, n^e
i: as in bit.
í: as in see.
i and í soften the preceding d^, t^ or n^.
o: as in hot.
ó: as in short.
u: as in book.
ú: as in moon.
u* (a u with a circle on it): as in moon.
y: as in bit.
ý: as in see.
Consonants:
c: as in bats.
c^: as in church.
d': as in duty.
g: as in good.
h: as in half.
ch: as in Scottish loch.
j: as in yes.
n^: as in canyon.
r: a rolled r (rolled in the front of the mouth).
r^: close to rzh.
s: as in set.
s^: as in short.
t^: similar to tulip.
w: as in van.
z: as in zebra.
z^: as in pleasure.
Two examples of Czech written out phonetically are:
Czech Pronunciation: Výslovnost
). And u* means a u with a small circle above it.