WaveSurfer Guide for L541

Part 1: Installation

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Make a new folder named "L541Lab" in the CFS (or any locations you want to work).
Go to the Phonetics Lab page for downloading WaveSurfer 1.5.7. Select Windows or Mac version. Linux version is available, but class doesn't support Linux version. If you want to check or modify the codes, select "Source release for all platforms".
Download and extract the file to your L541Lab folder.
Go to the L541Lab folder. Double-click theWaveSurfer icon. You should see the WaveSurfer window:
Create a shortcut to WaveSurfer on your desktop. Also, create a shortcut to the L541Lab folder on your desktop. You don't need to make these shortcuts, but I refer these locations in my manuals.

WaveSurfer for Windows

WaveSurfer creates postscript files for print output. You will need external tools to print and view these. If you have a postscript-capable printer you should install PrintFile. If your printer lacks postscript support, you should also install Ghostscript. In order to view postscript files on the screen you can use GSview. They can be downloaded from http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/. WaveSurfer is set-up to use them in their default installation locations (can be changed in File | Preferences). If you experience problems printing from within WaveSurfer, simply save the postscript image to file in WaveSurfer and print it from Windows. [posted on WaveSurfer FAQ page]

WaveSurfer for Macintosh OS X

Source release for all platforms

requires Tcl/Tk and Snack 2.2 or later. For easy download and installation, download Active Tcl (Active Tcl includes Snack 2.2).

Download the following file for a test sound. Right-click on the link of [testsnd.wav (57 kb)], select "Save target as ...", and save the file to the L541Lab folder.
From the WaveSurfer Menu Bar, select File, then Open.
Choose testsnd.wav, and click Open.
From the list that appears in a separate window, select IPA transcription. Then Click OK.