Praat

Name: Praat
Rating: 3.6667 (17 reviews)

6.1.09

27 January 2020

Analyze, synthesize, and manipulate speech.

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Overview

Praat is an application with which phoneticians can analyze, synthesize, and manipulate speech, and can create high-quality images for their articles and doctoral theses.

The source code may be downloaded here.

What's new in Praat

Version 6.1.09:

Accept some more kinds of broken WAV files.
Improved box plot drawing.
More Network commands.

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Doesn't start on 10.11.5! Always crashes...

Version 6.0.18

1 answer(s)

piquadratpi2

06 January 2019

Meanwhile everything works great. A big thanks to the developers!

Note: the download link here is for the 32-bit version. You can get the 64-bit version from the developer's website.

Like (2)

Version 5.3.71

2 answer(s)

gtrsteve

18 April 2014

Thanks for the tip about the 64-bit. Version 5.3.72 is out now.

Like (1)

MacUpdate-Lon

21 April 2014

The 64-bit version is available on this page under "Related Links".

Like (2)

hced

11 March 2014

Oh, the icon keeps growing on you...

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Version 5.3.66

1 answer(s)

Arkham6

25 April 2014

They already have the flat look that came with iOS 7. :-)

Like (5)

MacUpdate-Lon

22 May 2013

From http://savethevowels.org/praat/: "'Using Praat for Linguistic Research' by Will Styler is a practical guidebook and information package designed to help you use the Praat phonetics software package more effectively in Phonetic or Phonological research." The 60+ page guidebook is available free at the above website, or by using this URL: http://savethevowels.org/praat/UsingPraatforLinguisticResearchLatest.pdf

Like (10)

Version 5.3.50

jessica@jessicawilliams-com

16 April 2013

Cool program. Re the icon: isn't it easy to change an icon on a Mac? You can even make your own using img2icns or go out googling for free OSX icons.

Like (2)

Version 5.3.45

1 answer(s)

RavenNevermore

03 January 2014

The icon is pretty bad, but it does make the program easy to find when I forget its name. lol I just look for the hot pink lips. I do this with many applications that have names that don't match what they do.

It's simply outstanding to have such functional, useful, and versatile software not only offered for free, but continually updated, year after year after year. Kudos to Paul and David for their tireless hard work. As for the icon, I've been using Praat for over a decade, and I've never had a problem with it, and would miss it if it were changed significantly!

Like (5)

Version 5.3.21

Praat is awesome. The icon is brilliantly crafted to grab your attention. Tops :)

Like (6)

Version 5.3.10

2 answer(s)

piquadratpi2

28 April 2012

indeed - this icon grabs my attention, wahahaha

Like (2)

cmotdibbler

07 July 2012

I come here just to see if the icon is different. Not disappointed!

Like (5)

I give Praat 5 stars for it's unmatched ability to make me come back to this page every time there's a new version, just to see if anyone's posted anything amusing about the icon. I've never come across another piece of Mac software that manages to do this so effectively! The developers have truly achieved something unique here.

Like (16)

Version 5.2.38

2 answer(s)

MacUpdate-Lon

03 November 2011

Pfffffffft!

Like (2)

Jdub800

05 March 2012

:§

I don't like the icon for Garage Band.app so I changed it to a piano instead of a guitar. For Fetch.app I use my little Boston Terrier's face. How hard is it to change the icon for a Mac user? And how important, if the app is great as this one is?

Like (2)

Version 5.2.33

2 answer(s)

MacUpdate-Lon

03 August 2011

Now that is a good post. It's SOOOOO easy to change an app's icon on a Mac.

Like (4)

TheRoxzilla

03 August 2011

I like how your review had nothing to do with the Praat App, and in fact, did not even mention it. For that don't know, you can highlight a picture with a select tool, CMD C, then go into the finder and CMD-I, click the apps icon in the top left corner and then CMD-V

Like (3)

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