Dear Eurospeech attendants,

Praat is a computer program for speech analysis, synthesis, and manipulation.
The Praat distribution on the Eurospeech CD contains the Praat executables
for Macintosh, Windows, SGI, SPARC Solaris, HPUX, and Linux.



1.  VERSIONS

The Praat version on the CD is 3.9.31, created in July 2001.
There are very probably newer versions when you read this.
You can check the recent developments on the Praat home page:

   http://www.praat.org

or

   http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/

To obtain the download address for newer versions, contact me by e-mail.



2.  EXPANSION

The executables are in an archived and compressed format.
If the following directions do not enable you to successfully
expand the executable for your computer, contact me.


2.1.  Praat for Macintosh (PowerMac, G3, G4, iMac...)

Drop the StuffIt archive praat3931_mac.sit on StuffIt Expander.
This will give you a folder called Praat 3.9.
Please read the file called READ ME.

For best results with phonetic characters,
you should also download and install the freely available SIL IPA fonts
(1990 version, http://www.sil.org/computing/fonts/encore-ipa.html).


2.2.  Praat for Windows (95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000...)

Copy the self-extracting archive praat3931_winsit.exe to your hard disk.
Double-click it. This will give you the program PRAAT.EXE.

For best results with phonetic characters,
you should also download the freely available SIL IPA fonts
(1990 version, http://www.sil.org/computing/fonts/encore-ipa.html).
Run the self-extracting archive SILIP12A.EXE, and then the resulting INSTALL.EXE.
If you are asked what kind of fonts should be installed (TT or PS),
choose TT (TrueType).


2.3.  Praat for SGI (Indigo, Indy, Onyx, O2...)

Unpack the compressed archive praat3931_sgi.tar.gz as follows:

   gunzip praat3931_sgi.tar.gz
   tar xvf praat3931_sgi.tar

This will create the executable file "praat".
You can remove the tar file.


2.4.  Praat for SPARC Solaris

Unpack the compressed archive praat3931_solaris.tar.gz as follows:

   gunzip praat3931_solaris.tar.gz
   tar xvf praat3931_solaris.tar

This will create the executable file "praat".
You can remove the tar file.


2.5.  Praat for HP Unix (system 10 or higher)

Unpack the compressed archive praat3931_hpux.tar.gz as follows:

   gunzip praat3931_hpux.tar.gz
   tar xvf praat3931_hpux.tar

This will create the executable file "praat".
You can remove the tar file.


2.6.  Praat for Linux (with glibc-2, e.g. RedHat 5.0 or higher)

Unpack the compressed archive praat3931_linux.tar.gz as follows:

   gunzip praat3931_linux.tar.gz
   tar xvf praat3931_linux.tar

This will create the executable file "praat".
You can remove the tar file.
   If you haven't yet configured your Linux sound system,
you may have to recompile the kernel.



3. HOW TO START

After successful expansion, you should be able to start the Praat program
by double-clicking the "praat" or "praat.exe" icon. Praat should then
start up with two windows, titled "Objects" and "Picture".
If you are new to Praat, choose "Introduction to Praat" from
the Help menu in the Objects window.



Paul Boersma
Institute of Phonetic Sciences, University of Amsterdam
Herengracht 338, 1016CG Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Paul's home page:  http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/paul/
E-mail:  Paul.Boersma@hum.uva.nl
Telephone:  +31-20-5252385 / 5252183 (fax: 5252197)

Praat home page:  http://www.praat.org or http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/