An exception is the German telephone directory, where umlauts are sorted like ä=ae since names such as Jäger also appear with the spelling Jaeger and are not distinguished in the spoken language.
ɐn ɛksˈɛpʃən ɪz ðə dʒˈɜːmən tˈɛlᵻfˌoʊn dᵻɹˈɛktɚɹi, wˌɛɹ ˈʌmlaʊts ɑːɹ sˈɔːɹɾᵻd lˈaɪk ˌeɪˈʊmlaʊt ˈiːkwəlz ˌeɪˈiː sˈɪns nˈeɪmz sˈʌtʃ ɐz jˈɛdʒɚɹ ˈɔːlsoʊ ɐpˈɪɹ wɪððə spˈɛlɪŋ jˈeɪɡɚ ænd ɑːɹ nˌɑːt dɪstˈɪŋɡwɪʃt ɪnðə spˈoʊkən lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ.