Interactive apps

Some of the tools developed for my research projects have also been implemented as interactive web applications. These applications are built with R Shiny and can be used directly in a web browser without installing any software.

The apps hosted at PARLAB are designed mainly for teaching and exploratory analysis in phonetics and laboratory phonology. They allow users to interactively visualise and analyse phonetic data such as:

• vowel formant spaces and vowel system comparisons
• speech rhythm metrics
• tools for checking and correcting TextGrid annotations

These applications are particularly useful in the classroom, as they allow students to explore phonetic data visually and interactively without needing advanced programming or scripting knowledge.

• Explore PARLAB apps

Praat scripts

Praat scripts and batch processes are an efficient way of automating repetitive tasks in phonetic analysis. The scripts provided here were developed for different research projects and may be useful for other researchers working with speech corpora.

Most of the scripts are hosted on Github: Github . To download a script, simply click the green Code button in the repository and download the file.

Once downloaded, open the script in Praat (Praat → Open Praat script… or double-click the file) and run it using Run → Run or the shortcut Ctrl/Cmd + R.

Each script includes documentation describing the routines and instructions for use, either in a README.md file or at the beginning of the script. Most scripts have been tested on multiple datasets; if a script does not work, the most common causes are:

• missing labels or symbols in the TextGrid
• file names containing spaces
• mismatched sound and TextGrid names
• incorrect paths to input files

Although full technical support cannot be guaranteed, bug reports are welcome. If you encounter a problem that appears to be related to the script itself, feel free to contact me and I will try to address it.

Most scripts have been developed for specific research projects, so some useful tools may not yet be publicly available. If you are looking for a particular type of script, do not hesitate to ask.