Praat on windows

Downloading Praat

For FAVE-extract to use Praat, you'll need to download the praatcon executable from the Praat for Windows page under the heading The console Praat (the regular version of Praat, at the top of the page, won't work with FAVE). The current version the last time this page was updated was praatcon5359_win64. If you're not sure whether you need the win32 or win64 version, download the win32 version.

Unzip it into a directory that won't change (so the Desktop may not be a good choice - maybe in a C:\Users\YourUserName\Praatcon folder). After unzipping praatcon.exe, you'll need to add this directory to your path so that FAVE-extract can make use of it.

Adding Praat to your path

Open a command prompt by pressing the Windows key and typing cmd.exe (on Vista or later), or by choosing "Run" from the Start Menu and type cmd (on earlier versions).

Type path into the command prompt and it should return your PATH variable (PATH= followed by a list of directories). To temporarily add Praat to your PATH variable, type the following command (replace the C:\Users\YourUserName\Praatcon with the directory that you put praatcon.exe into):

set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Users\YourUserName\Praatcon

Type path again, and it should return the same list of directories as before, but with the string ;C:\Users\YourUserName\Praatcon added to the very end. If it returns anything else (e.g., if it only returns the Praatcon directory), don't proceed to the next step (close the command prompt window and start over). If it returns the same list plus the Praatcon directory, you can add Praat permanently by using the setx command instead of set:

setx PATH=%PATH%;C:\Users\YourUserName\Praatcon

On Windows XP, you'll need to install the Windows XP SP2 Support Tools before you can do this.

Checking for success

To check that this worked, open a new command prompt and type praatcon. If this is successful, it should return:

Usage: PRAATCON <scriptFileName>

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