Praat Tutorials

This page serves as the homepage for any Praat tutorials or content on my website.

Praat Basics: Introduction to the software

This tutorial introduces the software. It covers how how to install the software, record audio, save audio, extract some acoustic measurements by hand, and do a manual transcription. It will also briefly discuss the important steps you need to take to prep your data before using Praat. (For former students of mine, this workshop will overlap with this homework assignment.)

Note

This was originally the handout to a workshop hosted by Lisa Lipani and me on September 11, 2019.

Praat Scripting Basics: Loops, I/O, and TextGrids

This tutorial covers the fundamentals of Praat scripting: object management, looping through a TextGrid, and how to get your data in and out of a Praat script. This tutorial assumes some basic understanding of how Praat works and builds off the previous tutorial.

Note

This was originally the handout to a workshop hosted by Lisa Lipani and me on September 18, 2019.

Automatic Formant Extraction in Praat (and supplement)

In this workshop, you’ll learn, from start to finish, how to write a Praat script that will automatically extract formant measurements and a other acoustic measurements from your audio and transcription. There will be quite a bit of overlap with this blog post.

Note

This was originally the handout to a workshop hosted by Lisa Lipani and me on October 2, 2019.