What was new in 3.7?

## 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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