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Acoustic Phonetics
A Brief Introduction to Praat
Dafydd Gibbon
Guangzhou, Autumn 2019
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Objectives
At the end of the course, participants should be able to– extract duration and fundamental frequency information
from a speech recording, using Praat
Part I: Annotation– Basic knowledge of signal analysis with Praat.– Basic knowledge of syllable annotation with Praat.– Practical application to the recorded data of course
participants.–
Part II: Syllable timing analysis– Examination information in Praat annotation file.– Analysis of Praat annotation file with Time Group Analyser.
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Praat
● Praat is a phonetic workbench application developed in Amsterdam by Paul Boersma and David Weenink.
● “Praat” means ‘talk’ in Dutch.● The basic functionality of Praat includes:
– Input: speech recordings– Methods:
● analysis of properties of speech signals such as spectral analysis, pitch analysis, annotation of signals with transcription labels
– Outputs:● files with information about the speech signal
● The annotation information files which Praat produces– can be re-structured, and analysed with other means,
● with Excel or Calc● with the online tool Time Group Analyser, for efficient
analysis of timing relations in the speech signal.
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Praat Input
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Praat Input
Pre-recording phase:– definition of purposes for which the data will be used– scenario: domain, activities, speakers– equipment and technical operator:
● general: digital audio (recorder / laptop), digital video● specialised: laryngograph, etc
Recording phase:– negotiate scenario with chiefs, elders, speakers– ensure the recording location is quiet– if possible ensure the microphones, video tripod etc. can
be stably positioned
Post-recording phase:– provide recordings with metadata immediately– label the data media immediately– make safety copies immediately
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Basic Praat Methods and Operation
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Praat Windows
OBJECT WINDOW
DRAW / PAINT WINDOW
(for creating imagesfor use in word processing,not for phonetic analysis;
for this use the “Edit”windows)
Object list:soundsspectra
pitch trackstextgrids
...
Method menucontext-sensitive,
dynamic menu
Load file Save file
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Processing Praat Objects
Object:sound
Method menufor
sound objects
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Processing Praat Objects
Object:sound
Method menufor
sound objects
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Processing Praat Objects
Object:sound
Method menufor
sound objects
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Processing Praat Objects
Object:sound
Method menufor
sound objects
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Processing a Sound Object
Object:sound
Method menufor
sound objects
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Selecting Part of a Sound Object
Object:sound
Method menufor
sound objects
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Displaying More Properties of a Sound Object
Object:sound
Method menufor
sound objects
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Displaying More Properties of a Sound Object
Object:sound
Method menufor
sound objects
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Displaying More Properties of a Sound Object
Object:sound
Method menufor
sound objects
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Creating a New Object
Object:sound
Method menufor
sound objects
Extract sound selection
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Creating a New Object
Object:sound
Method menufor
sound objects
Extract sound selection
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Creating a New Object
Object:sound
Method menufor
sound objects
Extract sound selection
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Saving a Praat Object
Object:sound
Method menufor
sound objects
Save file
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Saving a Praat Object
Object:sound
Method menufor
sound objects
Save file
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Annotating a speech signal
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Praat Output
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Praat Output
intervals [1]: xmin = 0 xmax = 0.3559744193778952 text = "_" intervals [2]: xmin = 0.3559744193778952 xmax = 0.500147057910385 text = "ta" intervals [3]: xmin = 0.500147057910385 xmax = 0.614452757446077 text = "la" intervals [4]: xmin = 0.614452757446077 xmax = 0.8853950267508599 text = "sin" intervals [5]: xmin = 0.8853950267508599 xmax = 1.096059981756913 text = "Ge" intervals [6]: xmin = 1.096059981756913 xmax = 1.5079951315848832 text = "_"
● Praat produces information which can be stored in a file.
● The file contents are not normally seen by the user.
● However, they can be seen and used for further analysis:
– Excel, OpenOffice Calc– Praat scripting– Shell, Perl, Python
scripting– Time Group Analyser
online tool
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Exercises
● Install Praat: http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/● Make a folder “Praat” on your Desktop, for your
recordings and annotations● Record a speech signal:
– menu New>Record mono sound● Listen to individual words and syllables.● Examine different displays (spectrogram, pitch track).● Get highest, lowest and average frequencies● Annotate the syllables, producing a ‘TextGrid’● Save the Sound and TextGrid files with useful names● Examine the TextGrid file using a text editor
– make an Excel table in Excel, labels and times in columns– calculate durations (time differences)– calculate average duration
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Extracting information about the speech signal
Tasks for next time:– Plan a speech recording scenario:
● Which questions are to be answered`using this recording?
● Which speech style or genre: reading / spontaneous?● Which speaker parameters: gender / age?● Which recording equipment, location?
– Record a short speech utterance with Praat– Save the speech file with a systematic file name– Read the speech file into Praat– Open an “Edit” window– Select sections of the signal and listen carefully for tones– Experiment with the menu options to show
● pitch / spectrum / formants– Experiment with pitch:
● modify the analysis range for pitch