Praat Software For Voice Analysis

Praat 6.1.41 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.

About Praat

Praat 6.1.42 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. This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system/platform without restrictions. Praat is available to all software users as a free download for Windows.

Is Praat safe to download?

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Praat Praat is a tool designed for speech analysis. It was developed at the University of Amsterdam by Paul Boersma and David Weenink. According to them, Praat is a tool for doing phonetics by computers.

We tested the file praat6142_win32.zip with 23 antivirus programs and it turned out 100% clean. It's good practice to test any downloads from the Internet with trustworthy antivirus software.

Does Praat work on my version of Windows?

Older versions of Windows often have trouble running modern software and thus Praat may run into errors if you're running something like Windows XP. Conversely, much older software that hasn't been updated in years may run into errors while running on newer operating systems like Windows 10. You can always try running older programs in compatibility mode.

Officially supported operating systems include Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.

What versions of Praat are available?

The current version of Praat is 6.1.42 and is the latest version since we last checked. This is the full offline installer setup file for PC. This site has hosted other versions of it in the past such as 6.1.41, 6.1.40, 6.1.39, 6.1.38 and 6.1.37. At the moment, only the latest version is available.

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Praat for Beginners:
Introduction

1. This beginners guide

This manual for Praat is intended for beginners in speech analysis and synthesis. It also assumes modest computer experience (if you find something too explicit, just skip and read on).
Examples and screen shots are from the Windows edition of Praat.
The following paragraphs explain how you can obtain the Praat program, and how you can use this guide.

2. What is Praat?

Praat is a program for speech analysis and synthesis written by Paul Boersma and David Weenink at the Department of Phonetics of the University of Amsterdam. The Praat website is here. The program is constantly being improved and new builds are published frequently.
There is a Praat Users discussion group where queries and allied topics are discussed, with responses from colleagues or from the authors themselves. Topics range from elementary “how do I” queries to advanced issues in scriptwriting. There’s something there for everybody. You can sign up to become a member on the Praat website).

3. Downloading Praat

Praat is available for download from the Praat website (instructions here). Update frequently in order to get the latest functions and corrections.
Paul Boersma and David Weeninck produce separate editions of Praat for various operating systems, e.g. MS Windows, MacOS, Solaris, Linux etc. All editions function and look alike, with the exception of odd details. The most obvious differences are mainly how they look on the computer screen, and the individual sound systems they happen to use (electronics and progams). The correct edition for your computer system can be downloaded from the Praat website. Note that some OS versions are no longer fully supported and some suitable older version of Praat might be recommended (see the Praat website for details). Similarly, newer versions are no longer provided for Solaris and Linux, however the latest source code is available for compilation.
Version 5 was introduced in December 2007, version 5.4. in October 2014, and the last build was 5.4.22. Version 6 was introduced on 28 October 2015, and the current build (April 2021) is 6.1.42.
If there are particular difficulties with any operating systems, they are usually listed on the Praat home page or download page. Other system difficulties are often mentioned as they arise on the Praat Users discussion group.

4. Finding your way around in this guide

Use the black navigation bar at the top of each page. The menus unfold as the mouse pointer moves over them, revealing the main sections of this website.
Moving around in this guide is like moving around on the web in general: Move forwards to new pages by mouse-clicking on text links, navigation buttons, or hot spots on pictures.
Move to and fro among pages you have already seen by clicking on the Back and Forward buttons on your browser toolbar (the browser is the program you are using now to read this, e.g. programs like M.S.Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator or Firefox etc).
When you follow a link, the new document opens in the same window, replacing the document you were just reading. You can move between the two documents by clicking the browser Back or Forward buttons.
Your browser might let you right-mouseclick a link and choose to open the linked document in a new window or a new tab if you wish. This allows you to have both documents open side by side.
Your browser might let you use Ctrl+F to search for words in the document you are currently reading.

5. Help