Praat Script & Plugin Guide

This page provides some concise information to efficiently convey the essential tips of using Praat scripts (functions) and plugins provided here.

A Praat script is a single file that you run when needed. It is great for quick tasks and it saves your time by automating your repeatedly used workflow. On there other hand, a Praat plugin is a collection of scripts that adds new features to Praat’s menus. It stays available every time you open Praat.

Praat Scripts

To open a downloaded script, simply go to Praat -> Open Praat script, and choose the script to open. An individual window of the selected script will open.

Click Run -> Run (or press cmd+R/ctrl+R) to run the script.

Note: Some scripts require one or multiple Praat object(s) selected before running. This can be usually hinted at the last paragraph of the desctiption of the script in this documentation.

Praat Plugins

A plugin normally contains multiple files and scripts, in a folder with the name starts with plugin_, which is normally put in the Praat preference folder. Follow the installation guide that takes PresenterPro as an example to make sure it's correctly installed.

Installation

• Method 1 (recommended): Copy the directory ./plugin_PresenterPro into the Praat preferences directory: Assuming you're user liri:, on Windows: C:\Users\liri\Praat\; on MacOS: /Users/liri/Library/Preferences/Praat Prefs/; on Linux: /home/liri/.praat-dir/. Then reopen Praat, PresenterPro automatically appears in Praat under ‘New > PresenterPro’, in Praat Objects window.

• Method 2: Execute the script setup.praat that’s inside the directory. Note: if using this method, the plugin folder should not be moved somewhere else after executing the script, otherwise it couldn’t be found next time. Therefore highly recommend to use method 1.