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Praat for Mac

Analyze, synthesize, and manipulate speech.

Free
In English
4.5
Based on 28 user rates

Praat 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 version 6.4.13

  • Pitch menu (in e.g. Sound or TextGrid window): separate settings for four pitch analysis methods.
  • Formant analysis: faster on all systems.
  • ARM64 Windows: worked around a compiler bug that caused incorrect window sizes.
  • Pitch analysis: faster on Windows (Intel64 and Intel32).
  • Windows: better fonts and background colours (perhaps dependent on language settings).
  • TextGrids: Concatenate: guard against some incorrect TexGrid files.
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Praat for Mac

Free
In English
Version 6.4.13

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4.5

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CheepnisAroma
CheepnisAroma
Feb 12 2019
6.0.47
5.0
Feb 12 2019
5.0
Version: 6.0.47
Thanks for keeping Praat free!
piquadratpi2
piquadratpi2
May 24 2016
6.0.18
1.0
May 24 2016
1.0
Version: 6.0.18
Doesn't start on 10.11.5! Always crashes...
RavenNevermore
RavenNevermore
Apr 10 2014
5.3.71
5.0
Apr 10 2014
5.0
Version: 5.3.71
Note: the download link here is for the 32-bit version. You can get the 64-bit version from the developer's website.
hced
hced
Mar 11 2014
5.3.66
5.0
Mar 11 2014
5.0
Version: 5.3.66
Oh, the icon keeps growing on you...
MacUpdate-Lon
MacUpdate-Lon
May 22 2013
5.3.50
0.0
May 22 2013
0.0
Version: 5.3.50
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
Creed240
Creed240
Aug 26 2022
6.2.17
5.0
Aug 26 2022
5.0
Version: 6.2.17
clemons_Z
clemons_Z
May 24 2021
6.1.47
5.0
May 24 2021
5.0
Version: 6.1.47
Sid_Sid
Sid_Sid
May 17 2021
6.1.43
4.0
May 17 2021
4.0
Version: 6.1.43
radiovish
radiovish
May 14 2021
6.1.42
4.0
May 14 2021
4.0
Version: 6.1.42
CheepnisAroma
CheepnisAroma
Feb 12 2019
5.0
Feb 12 2019
5.0
Version: null
piquadratpi2
piquadratpi2
May 24 2016
1.0
May 24 2016
1.0
Version: null
Sandro-Bilbeisi
Sandro-Bilbeisi
Apr 23 2016
5.0
Apr 23 2016
5.0
Version: null
RavenNevermore
RavenNevermore
Apr 10 2014
5.0
Apr 10 2014
5.0
Version: null
Jacklarm
Jacklarm
Sep 26 2013
3.0
Sep 26 2013
3.0
Version: null
Bleech-Jef
Bleech-Jef
Sep 2 2013
5.0
Sep 2 2013
5.0
Version: null
Stephen-Fry
Stephen-Fry
May 22 2013
5.0
May 22 2013
5.0
Version: null
Old-guy
Old-guy
Apr 9 2013
4.5
Apr 9 2013
4.5
Version: null
Michael-Meadors
Michael-Meadors
Mar 22 2013
2.5
Mar 22 2013
2.5
Version: null
ToastExpander
ToastExpander
Dec 10 2012
4.5
Dec 10 2012
4.5
Version: null
Nathan-Sanders
Nathan-Sanders
Jul 18 2012
5.0
Jul 18 2012
5.0
Version: null
Roxzilla
Roxzilla
Jul 9 2012
5.0
Jul 9 2012
5.0
Version: null
hced
hced
Mar 5 2012
5.0
Mar 5 2012
5.0
Version: null
Stef-Vandenabele
Stef-Vandenabele
Jan 18 2012
5.0
Jan 18 2012
5.0
Version: null
Kai Eggerstedt
Kai Eggerstedt
Oct 19 2011
5.0
Oct 19 2011
5.0
Version: null
Psychos
Psychos
Sep 7 2011
5.0
Sep 7 2011
5.0
Version: null
jessica@jessicawilliams-com
Jul 29 2011
4.0
Version: null
rivermonk
rivermonk
May 26 2011
5.0
May 26 2011
5.0
Version: null
Kaydee-Tsang
Kaydee-Tsang
May 20 2011
5.0
May 20 2011
5.0
Version: null
Tweety-
Tweety-
Apr 16 2011
5.0
Apr 16 2011
5.0
Version: null
Colette
Colette
Feb 15 2011
4.0
Feb 15 2011
4.0
Version: null
dazmax
dazmax
Jan 2 2007
5.0
Jan 2 2007
5.0
Version: null
Onlooker
Onlooker
Dec 4 2006
5.0
Dec 4 2006
5.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Jun 14 2005
5.0
Jun 14 2005
5.0
Version: null