


If you ever run into a bug, first double-check to make sure you have named all of the arguments.Ī 'Create' command takes one kind of input and converts it to another one (which is often, but not always, of a different Praat object class).įor such commands, in addition to the input, you will also need to specify an output as well, indicating where the resulting file should be saved. Praat( "Play", input=FullPath("tone.wav") )Īll of the other arguments to the function should be explicitly provided (e.g. by using the library() function at the top of your script: PraatR can be loaded as you would any other package, e.g. This is used as a 'reserved character' of sorts by PraatR. Make sure no file path has a sequence of two underscores ('_') in it. This may mean you will need to rename the folder, move your files to another temporary folder, or rename the files before using PraatR. C:/Users/MyUsername/Desktop/Tutorial/my tone.wav (Filename has a space).C:/Users/My Username/Desktop/Tutorial/tone.wav (Folder path has a space).Thus, neither of the following would be acceptable. This applies to both the folder path as well as the name of the file itself.

There are also two other important restrictions regarding file paths in PraatR. In your own uses of PraatR, you can adjust this FullPath() function to suit your own needs by pointing to whatever folder your data is in. Once that's adjusted, go ahead and run the following code. Linux: "/home/myusername/Desktop/Tutorial/".Mac: "/Users/MyUsername/Desktop/Tutorial/".Windows: "C:/Users/MyUsername/Desktop/Tutorial/".This should look something like the following: To make things simpler for us during this tutorial, we will make a function to do this for us.įirst, adjust the 'DataDirectory' line of code below so it points to the place where you downloaded the sample data in 'Getting everything set up' step #2 above. In this case, you should tell PraatR C:/Users/MyUsername/Desktop/Tutorial/tone.wav rather than just saying tone.wav.
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Instead, you should always provide the full paths to the files you are working with.įor example, assume your working directory is "C:/Users/MyUsername/Desktop/Tutorial/" and you want to work with a file "tone.wav". Download the demo file tone.wav and put it inside this folder.Īt present, PraatR has several restrictions regarding paths to files on your computer.įirst, it is not recommended you rely on R's "working directory" functionality.Make sure the path to this folder does not have a space in it. Make a new folder called 'Tutorial' in a convenient place on your computer (e.g.
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Tutorial on how to use the praat() function PraatR: An architecture for controlling the phonetics software "Praat" with the R programming language
