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Praat
praat · v7.0.02,7002
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Doing phonetics by computer
brew install --cask praat 60
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Trust Score 2/10
✗ Open source +0
✗ Active development +0
✗ Licensed +0
✗ No auto-updates +0
✓ Not deprecated +1
✓ Established (>1yr) +1
✗ Low installs +0
Version History
v7.0.02,70021mo ago7.0.01,7001→7.0.02,7002
2mo ago7.0,7000→7.0.01,7001
2mo ago6.6.30,6630→7.0,7000
3mo ago6.4.67,6467→6.6.30,6630
4mo ago6.4.66,6466→6.4.67,6467
5mo ago6.4.65,6465→6.4.66,6466
5mo ago6.4.62,6462→6.4.65,6465
Review
Mar 10, 2026Praat is a powerful tool for phonetics and speech analysis, offering features like spectrograms, pitch tracking, and sound manipulation. It's widely used by linguists, speech therapists, and researchers for detailed audio analysis and synthesis.
Analyzes and synthesizes speech sounds to aid in phonetic research and speech analysis.
Maturity: The project is mature with a strong GitHub presence, active development, and a significant user base, though the license status is unclear.
Community: Praat has received mixed attention on Hacker News with varying engagement levels, indicating moderate community interest without strong positive or negative sentiment.
Pros
- + Comprehensive toolset for phonetic analysis and synthesis
- + Established and widely recognized in academic and research communities
- + Long-standing development history with regular updates
Cons
- - Outdated and somewhat unintuitive user interface
- - Lacks auto-update functionality
Community Mentions
hackernews
Apr 2024 Praat: Doing Phonetics by Computer
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Oct 2023 Praat: Doing Phonetics by Computer
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May 2020 Praat: Doing Phonetics by Computer
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Jul 2017 Praat: doing phonetics by computer
Positive sentiment Negative sentiment Neutral / unknown