Praat (; , ''
"talk"'') is a
free
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computer software
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package for
speech analysis
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in
phonetics
Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds, or in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign. Linguists who specialize in studying the physical properties of speech are phoneticians. ...
. It was designed, and continues to be developed, by
Paul Boersma
Paulus Petrus Gerardus "Paul" Boersma (born 15 November 1959, Sint Nicolaasga) is professor of phonetic sciences at the University of Amsterdam. His research and teaching focus on the relationship between phonology and phonetics. Boersma is main ...
and
David Weenink of the
University of Amsterdam
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. It can run on a wide range of
operating system
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s, including various versions of
Unix
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,
Linux
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,
Mac and
Microsoft Windows
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(2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10). The program supports
speech synthesis
Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech. A computer system used for this purpose is called a speech synthesizer, and can be implemented in software or hardware products. A text-to-speech (TTS) system converts normal languag ...
, including
articulatory synthesis
Articulatory synthesis refers to computational techniques for synthesizing speech based on models of the human vocal tract and the articulation processes occurring there. The shape of the vocal tract can be controlled in a number of ways which us ...
. Its logo depicts a mouth over an ear.
Version history
References
External links
Praat: doing Phonetics by Computer— Official site
Free audio software
Free linguistic software
Linguistic research software
Free software programmed in C
Phonetics
Phonology
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