Praat resources

In this course, we use the Praat speech analysis software, developed by Paul Boersma and David Weenink of the Institute of Phonetic Sciences, University of Amsterdam.

Downloading Praat

• Follow the instructions on the main Praat page

Praat manuals and tutorials

Note: Some of the manuals and tutorials were written for older versions of Praat, so you may find some small differences in the current version.

• Ling 520 Praat handouts [Fall 2022] (August-October 2022, for Praat version 6.2.15; PDF files)
  • #1 - Downloading and installing Praat
  • #2 - Basic introduction to Praat
  • #3 - The Sound window: waveforms, spectrograms
  • #4 - TextGrids: Labeling parts of your sound file
  • #5 - Recording a sound file in Praat
• Additional Praat resources that may be useful
  • Beginners' guide to Praat, by Sidney Wood
  • Some Praat script resources:
    • From the UCLA Phonetics Lab
    • By Christian DiCanio, University at Buffalo