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Praat

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Praat
Developer(s)Paul Boersma and David Weenink
Initial release1991[1]
Stable release
6.4.25[2] / 8 December 2024; 20 days ago (8 December 2024)
Repository
Written inC, C++, Objective-C
Operating systemWindows, Linux, Macintosh, FreeBSD, Solaris
Available inEnglish
TypeFree software
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later[3]
Websitewww.praat.org

Praat (/prɑːt/ PRAHT, Dutch: [praːt] ; transl. "Talk") is a free, open-source computer software package widely used for speech analysis and synthesis in phonetics[4] and other fields of linguistics. It was designed and continues to be developed by Paul Boersma and David Weenink at the University of Amsterdam.[4] Praat is compatible with a wide range of operating systems, including Unix, Linux, Mac, and Microsoft Windows. The software supports formant analysis, pitch extraction, and spectrogram visualization, along with speech synthesis, including articulatory synthesis.[5] Praat has been used in linguistic research on endangered and minority languages, as well as for analyzing regional accents and phonetic variation[citation needed].

Version history

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Praat icon until 2020
Version Date Main
3.1 5 December 1995
4.0 15 October 2001
4.1 5 June 2003 Mac OS X edition, More than 99 percent of the source code distributed under the General Public Licence.
5.0 10 December 2007
5.1 31 January 2009
5.2 29 October 2010
5.3 15 October 2011
5.4 4 October 2014
6.0 28 October 2015
6.1 13 July 2019
6.2 15 November 2021

References

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  1. ^ Boersma, Paul; van Heuven, Vincent (2001). "Speak and unSpeak with Praat" (PDF). Glot International. 5 (9/10): 341–347.
  2. ^ "Release version 6.5.25 (sic), December 8, 2024 · praat/praat". Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  3. ^ "License". Phonetic Sciences | Praat. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Praat: doing phonetics by computer". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  5. ^ Aoki, Riku; Ogata, Kohichi; Taruguchi, Akihiro (2016). "Feasibility study on synthesis of English vowels with a vocal tract mapping interface". Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics. 29 (1). Acoustical Society of America: 060011. doi:10.1121/2.0000503.
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