If you don't trust the installers, download the zip-files:ĭouble-click the zip folders. To install them, first download their installers: Which were created by the Summer Institute of Linguistics. You should also download the Charis SIL and/or the Doulos SIL font,

If you use Praat for the first time, choose Intro from the Help menu.įor best results with phonetic characters in the TextGrid and Picture windows, To start up the Praat program, just double-click it. If you are in doubt, try the 64-bit edition first,Īnd switch to the 32-bit edition if the 64-bit edition does not work. The 64-bit edition will not work on it, so you have to install If you have an older computer, or chose a 32-bit operating system,

Do I need the 64-bit edition or the 32-bit edition?Īll current Windows computers have a 64-bit operating system. You can drag it out of the zip folder to any location on your hard disk (so that you can use Praat even if your system administrator does not allow you to install other programs!).Ģ. When you double-click the zip folder, a file called Praat or Praat.exe will appear. To download the latest version of the Windows (7, 8, 10, 11.) edition of Praat,ĭownload one of the following zip folders to your desktop: 64-bit edition: praat6209_win64.zip (15 February 2022 12.3 MB) <- you probably want thisģ2-bit edition: praat6209_win32.zip (15 February 2022 11.9 MB)Īfter downloading, you will see the zip folder as a folder icon with a zipper on it (or as some other icon if you installed a special zip program such as WinZip).

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