To download Praat click on the following figure, select the program according to your computer (64 or 32 bits):
Download it, double-click on the ".zip" file, and in the "Praat.exe" file that appears in the window, drag it to your desktop. This way you can easily locate it whenever you need it.
Now you will have on your desktop.
To avoid the window

Right click on
and select Properties and in the window

press "Unblock" + "Apply" + "OK".
And with the button in most of the exercises. You can study the word or expression until you master it. Clicking with the right button and then clicking on "Copy link address", starting "Praat", selecting "Open" and "Read from file ..." and pasting that address in the "File name:" field and finally pressing " Open. "
It will add the sound to the "Objects:" box, press the "View & Edit" button
and depending on your selections in the Praat editor you will get

and if you select
shows you the frequency at which the vocal cords vibrate. In this case 120.7 Hz, for the cursor position in time 0.384751

If you select:

shows you the variations in intensity. In this case 80.59 dB at the cursor position in time 0.384751
If you select:

you will get

that shows you the "formants".
If you select:

you will get

that shows you the "spectrum".
Since Praat will allow you to see what you do not hear, the recommended setting is to select "Show Pitch" and "Show Intensity", the blue line shows you when the vocal cords are vibrating and the green line the intensity, so you can visualize where they put the most emphasis. Another important point is to observe the relative duration of the sounds.
and with the buttons on the bottom "Visible part" and "Total duration" you will be able to hear it.
Because sometimes you will find it difficult to distinguish between pronunciations, be sure to verify that what you are seeing corresponds to the button you pressed:

The main idea here is that by counting on you, a product of evolution, and a powerful tool like Praat, you can see what you do not listen to and try to reproduce it in the same way as natives of the language you have decided to learn.

Tutorials