Praat Speech Analysis

30-04-2021 admin

Praat Speech Analysis
Praat Speech Analysis Software
Praat Speech Analysis
Praat Speech Analysis Software

Praat is a free and open source speech analyzer software download filed under graphics software and made available by Paul Boersma and David Weenink for Windows.

A powerful speech analysis tool designed from a scientist's standpoint but meant to be accessible and practical to users of all levels Praat is a carefully created software solution aimed at those. Praat is currently the most accepted, popular and free software package for speech analysis. It is particularly helpful in phonetics classes and academic sessions for making spectrogram, pitch tracks and similar functions.

The review for Praat has not been completed yet, but it was tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below.

Creates an interesting phonetician analysis of voices and speech

Praat is a piece of software that helps phoneticians analyze, synthesize, and manipulate speech.

Praat enables you to create a source signal from scratch or from an existing speech signal, but also to create a filter or to extract it from an existing source. You can manipulate (change, adapt) both the source and the filter before doing the actual synthesis, which combines the two.

Features and highlights

Speech analysis: spectral analysis (spectrograms), pitch analysis, formant analysis, intensity analysis, jitter, shimmer, voice breaks
Cochleagram
Excitation pattern
Speech synthesis: from pitch, formant, and intensity, articulatory synthesis
Listening experiments: identification and discrimination tests
Labelling and segmentation: label intervals and time points on multiple tiers
Change pitch and duration contours
Filtering