Michelle's+acoustics+lesson

-->PRAAT is a widely used public doman speech analysis program. [|via google (.edu)] via google (.org)

This has a useful lesson plan: [|http://www.unc.edu/~jlsmith/ling520/praat.html]

[|praat doing Phonetics by Computer] by Paul Boersma and David Weenink (main page) Download the latest **Windows** (2000, XP, Vista...) version of **Praat** self-extracting archive
 * [|praat5120_winsit.exe]** (31 October 2009; 2.0 MB)

[] To see the spectral content of a sound as a function of time, select a [|Sound] or [|LongSound] object and choose [|Edit]. A [|SoundEditor] or [|LongSoundEditor] window will appear on your screen. In the entire bottom half of this window you will see a greyish image, which is called a //spectrogram//. If you do not see it, choose [|Show spectrogram] from the **Spectrogram** menu.


 * MY DEMO (25 NOV 2009) "Where in the world is Osama?"**

//I moved my praat folder from **downloads**// //to my speech folder.// //Open praat// Documents/speech/praat folder/praat.exe

//View a spectrogram from a file I already created// ..................Read / Read from file / WAV file osama osaaama MKG ..................Play / Edit //to view spectrogram//
 * Praat objects**

//Create a new file in class// ............New / Record Stereo Sound / tick max Hz / Record ......... ? use windows mixer without meteres .........................."Osama Osaaaama" ..........................Play / Save to list and Close OR ...........................File / Write to WAV file .........................................osama osaaama stereo MKG.wav ...........................File/Close //Compare objects you create//.
 * Praat objects**

-- Links pointing here from course syllabi: ESL articulation on the telephone wiki Physics unit on work and energy wiki