{"id":1133,"date":"2020-03-22T12:36:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T12:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_pronunciation\/?page_id=1133"},"modified":"2020-03-31T07:35:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T07:35:35","slug":"1-3-operations-in-praat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_pronunciation\/index.php\/1-3-operations-in-praat\/","title":{"rendered":"1.3. Operations in Praat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1.3.1. Starting<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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You can go to website\u00a0<\/strong>http:\/\/www.fon.hum.uva.nl\/Praat\/download_win.html<\/a> and download the Praat to your computer. To start up the Praat program, just double-click this icon \"\"<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When you run the program, you will see the two windows below. \u00a0As we mentioned before, the left window is the \"Praat Objects\" window. On the left-hand side you will see the list of your speech files. These can either be created from scratch or read from a file. Additionally, the right window is the \"Praat Picture\" window which is used to plot graphs. When you select a sound for further analysis and click button \"View&Edit\", the Editor Window<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>will appear, where you will spend most of your time,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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1.3.2. Recording<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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When you want to make recordings in Praat, the first thing you need to do is to connect a high-quality microphone to the MIC input of your computer, and then choose \"<\/strong>New\"<\/b> <\/span>on the top menu and select \"Record mono record<\/b>\"<\/span> , and the Sound Recorder window will appear.<\/p>\n

Figure 1.16<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0The Sound Recorder window<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Set the sampling rate to 22,050Hz which is the most sufficient, and then take a deep breath and click the \"Record\" button to start your recording.<\/p>\n

Figure 1.17<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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When you speak, the meter will show the input level with green bars. When you finish, click the \"Stop\" button. You can use the \"play\" button to hear what you have recorded and repeat steps 2 and 3 until you are satisfied with your recording.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Figure 1.18<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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If the recording is to your satisfaction, you can add a name for the recording in the blank after \"Name\" and click on the \"Save to list & Close\" button. This will put your recording in the \"object window\".<\/p>\n

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1.3.3. Opening Existing Files<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Apart from recording a new sound from a microphone, you could read an existing sound file from your disk. Click \"Read from file\" from the menu \"Open\", Praat will read the files from your computer.<\/p>\n

Figure 1.19<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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1.3.4. Editing<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Praat offers a lot\u00a0<\/span>functions<\/span> to visualize, \u00a0play and extract information from a sound object. \u00a0\u00a0You can start by selecting the speech object and then choosing \"View&Edit\" from the main menu on the right-hand side of the \"Objects window\". The new \"Editor window\", which has been introduced in detail in 1.2.3 b, will appear.<\/span><\/p>\n

Figure 1.20<\/span><\/i><\/b>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

On\u00a0the pull-down menu of\u00a0Edit<\/strong><\/span>, you can find the following functions<\/p>\n