Praat Signal Analysis

Some utility scripts that could be useful in signal analysis with Praat.

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function_getPeakRate

Demonstration on the usage of this function script: Record a sound object or open a sound object into Praat object window, select this object of interest -> open and run the script -> a 'Praat Info' window pops out to display the result.

This script measures speech rate by calculating the number of amplitude envelope peak points per second.

Select a Sound object and run this script. A Praat Info window will pop up showing the result.

function_measureSpeechRate

Demonstration on the usage of this function script: Record a sound object or open a sound object into Praat object window, select this object of interest -> open and run the script -> a 'Praat Info' window pops out to display the result. A TextGrid object is also created and can be used to render a detailed result together with the sound object.

This script measures speech rate by calculating the number of amplitude envelope peak points per second. The script is based on function_createPTPtier.praat to show the peaks.

Select a Sound object containing speech and run the script. A Praat Info window will appear showing the result, and a TextGrid will be created and viewed together with the Sound object to show details of the peaks.

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