4.2.39. Opening a wave file in Praat

ELAN offers the possibility to open wave files (or a part of them) in Praat[5]. To achieve this, follow the steps below:

  1. If desired, make a selection first (See Section 5.6)

  2. Right click in the waveform viewer

  3. Choose Open file in Praat or Open selection in Praat

  4. If you haven’t specified the location of the Praat and Sendpraat[6] program yet, you will have to locate them now in the file dialog

  5. The Praat program containing the wave file appears

Opening a wave pattern in Praat

Figure 4.52. Opening a wave pattern in Praat


[Note]Note

Make sure you are using a recent version of Praat (higher than 4.0.5), otherwise this feature will not work.

Note for advanced users: compiling SendPraat on Linux



[6] For downloads and installation instructions see http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/sendpraat.html.