Eliminating the complexity of English spelling.

Ben,

There are 100's of proposals for a more phonemic representation of spoken English.

Most are discussed on Saundspel.  

SB:  One that is similar to much of Qikit is NuEnglish
NuE does not introduce as many new characters other
than the macron to mark long vowels.

NuE: sā sē sī sō sūn vyū   for say see sign so soon view  
These are the long vowels.  u for yū is problematic. 

əˈbaʊt    *b*t        NuE:   u-bout   

BG:  Consistent sounds for six old letters and 14 new letters

ā is the long a sound as in make

y is the ee sound as in easy and
the y sound as in yellow and yes    SB: y is a positional character.-

î is the long i sound as in find or I
u is the yoo sound as in you      NE:  yu

o is the aw sound as in hot
ᴥ is the neutral vowel, for the a in idea,     SB: not visible. Try ə  
Ŧ is the th sound as in the or thing       NE  uses tt
   SB: unsupported spl. characters are problematic.  
§ is the sh sound as in she                  NE uses sh for /S/.
c is the ch sound as in church             NE uses ch for /tS/.
Ѱ is the hw sound as in what            SB: Why not use hw for /hw/    

ŭ  is the ou (ow) sound as in about    IPA:  /au/  also Webster
¤  is the oi (oy) sound as in point      SB: Why not keep oii for /oi/

ō  is the long o sound as in oh         
ø  is the double o sound as in soon   IPA  /u:/

r is the r sound as in her and run
R is the ar sound as in car             NE:  or for är    *car - kor
Я is the or sound as in or               NE   ór for /ör/
ᴚ is the air sound as in care          

ñ  is the ng sound as in thing           NE: kor fōr tting   
ž  is the zh sound as in measure

First learn the 4 “r” sounds,
r = r, R = ar, я = or, ᴚ = air.
And the 3 “o” sounds,
o = au, ō = oh, ø = oo.