Praat 3.7, 24 March 1998

Editors:

• In all FunctionEditors: drag to get a selection.

Phonetics library:

• Many new query (Get) commands for Sound, Intensity, Harmonicity, Pitch, Formant, Ltas, PitchTier, IntensityTier, DurationTier, FormantTier.

• Many new modification commands.

• Many new interpolations.

• Sound enhancements: Sound: Lengthen (overlap-add)..., Sound: Deepen band modulation...

• Source-filter synthesis tutorial, Sound & IntensityTier: Multiply, Sound & FormantTier: Filter, Formant: Formula (frequencies)..., Sound: Pre-emphasize (in-place)....

Labelling

• TextGrid queries (Get times and labels in a script).

• TextGrid: Count labels....

• PointProcess: To TextGrid (vuv)...: get voiced/unvoiced information from a point process.

• IntervalTier: To TableOfReal...: labels become row labels.

• TextTier: To TableOfReal....

Numerics and statistics library

• Multidimensional scaling (Kruskal, INDSCAL, etc).

• TableOfReal: Set value..., Formula..., Remove column..., Insert column..., Draw as squares..., To Matrix.

Phonology library

• OT learning: new strategies: weighted symmetric plasticity (uncancelled or all).

Praat shell

• First Linux version.

• Eight new functions like e.g. hertzToBark in Formulas 5. Mathematical functions.

• Praat script: procedure arguments; object names.

Documentation:

• 230 more man pages (now 630).

• Hypertext: increased readability of formulas, navigation with keyboard.

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