Friday, June 15, 2012

Praat 5.3.17-Linguistic tool for studying sounds

*Praat* is scientific tool for those *studying linguistics* that can analyze
spectrograms. Praat can read sounds recorded with the program or audio files
recorded in another way. Once loaded, Praat generates a graph of waves which
indicate intonation, intensity, volume and other complex details. Praat is
able to isolate certain sound bites or filter frequencies either manually or
using scripts. There's no avoiding that Praat is a useful tool for linguists.
It's difficult to get to grips with, though, and although there is an
extensive manual, it's aimed mainly at linguistic experts. For those seeking
an introduction to audio analysis and spectrographs, they may well find Praat
too complex. *Praat is a powerful audio analysis tool that will give
linguists a high degree of control over spectrographs.*Download *Praat
5.3.17* in Softonic