diff --git a/audio/praat/Makefile b/audio/praat/Makefile
index bbf0807db1ba..bc0a54a98d20 100644
--- a/audio/praat/Makefile
+++ b/audio/praat/Makefile
@@ -1,44 +1,44 @@
 PORTNAME=		praat
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=		6.4.22
+DISTVERSION=		6.4.23
 CATEGORIES=		audio science
 
 MAINTAINER=	adridg@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Phonetics by Computer
 WWW=		https://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
 		libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libharfbuzz.so:print/harfbuzz \
 		libasound.so:audio/alsa-lib
 # These are recommended but I can't tell the difference
 RUN_DEPENDS=	CharisSIL>=0:x11-fonts/charis \
 		DoulosSIL>=0:x11-fonts/doulos
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lang dos2unix gnome iconv pkgconfig xorg
 USE_GNOME=	cairo gdkpixbuf2 gtk30
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_XORG=	x11
 
 DOS2UNIX_FILES=	\
 		fon/Makefile \
 		melder/Makefile \
 		sys/Makefile \
 		EEG/Makefile
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/praat share/man/man1/praat.1.gz
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|^CPPFLAGS =|CPPFLAGS +=|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/*/Makefile \
 		${WRKSRC}/external/*/Makefile
 	@${CP} ${WRKSRC}/makefiles/makefile.defs.freebsd.alsa \
 		${WRKSRC}/makefile.defs
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/praat ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${FILESDIR}/praat.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/audio/praat/distinfo b/audio/praat/distinfo
index dce8258a9597..36122fc86798 100644
--- a/audio/praat/distinfo
+++ b/audio/praat/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1728847102
-SHA256 (praat-praat-v6.4.22_GH0.tar.gz) = c66049b8ff4845183437bbc23b1b35bdb426ae08a7eee9514c7d7a565d093eb8
-SIZE (praat-praat-v6.4.22_GH0.tar.gz) = 61257341
+TIMESTAMP = 1730230968
+SHA256 (praat-praat-v6.4.23_GH0.tar.gz) = 1284d97fc2724142cacd6ef73ec9c146f1b10662865dd47b6e9e758c33f2f256
+SIZE (praat-praat-v6.4.23_GH0.tar.gz) = 61260316
diff --git a/audio/praat/files/patch-melder_melder__strvec.h b/audio/praat/files/patch-melder_melder__strvec.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cfdd31bb882e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/praat/files/patch-melder_melder__strvec.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- melder/melder_strvec.h.orig	2024-10-29 19:53:40 UTC
++++ melder/melder_strvec.h
+@@ -192,12 +192,6 @@ class _autostringautovector { (public)
+ 		return _autostringvectorview<T> (our elements + (firstPosition - 1), newSize);
+ 	}
+ 	_autostringautovector&& move () noexcept { return static_cast <_autostringautovector&&> (*this); }   // enable construction and assignment for l-values (variables) via explicit move()
+-	void initWithCapacity (integer capacity) {
+-		if (capacity > 0)
+-			our cells = MelderArray:: _alloc <_autostring <T>> (capacity, MelderArray::kInitializationType::ZERO);
+-		our size = 0;
+-		our _capacity = capacity;
+-	}
+ 	void resize (integer newSize) {
+ 		if (newSize > our _capacity) {
+ 			/*
diff --git a/audio/praat/files/patch-melder_melder__tensor.h b/audio/praat/files/patch-melder_melder__tensor.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a32eb5cca49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/praat/files/patch-melder_melder__tensor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--- melder/melder_tensor.h.orig	2024-10-29 19:52:21 UTC
++++ melder/melder_tensor.h
+@@ -155,10 +155,6 @@ struct vectorview {
+ 		Melder_assert (last >= 1 && last <= our size);
+ 		return vectorview<T> (& our operator[] (first), newSize, our stride);
+ 	}
+-	matrixview<T> asmatrixview (integer nrow, integer ncol) {
+-		Melder_assert (nrow * ncol <= our size);
+-		return matrixview (our cells, nrow, ncol, ncol * our stride, our stride);
+-	}
+ 	T *asArgumentToFunctionThatExpectsZeroBasedArray () const { return & our operator[] (1); }
+ 	T *asArgumentToFunctionThatExpectsOneBasedArray () const { return & our operator[] (0); }
+ };
+@@ -188,10 +184,6 @@ struct constvectorview {
+ 		Melder_assert (last >= 1 && last <= our size);
+ 		return constvectorview<T> (& our operator[] (first), newSize, our stride);
+ 	}
+-	constmatrixview<T> asmatrixview (integer nrow, integer ncol) {
+-		Melder_assert (nrow * ncol <= our size);
+-		return constmatrixview (our cells, nrow, ncol, ncol * our stride, our stride);
+-	}
+ 	const T *asArgumentToFunctionThatExpectsZeroBasedArray () const { return & our operator[] (1); }
+ 	const T *asArgumentToFunctionThatExpectsOneBasedArray () const { return & our operator[] (0); }
+ };
+@@ -1049,7 +1041,7 @@ struct consttensor3 {
+ 			our cells
+ 			+ (dim2 - 1) * our stride2
+ 			+ (dim3 - 1) * our stride3,
+-			our nidm1,
++			our ndim1,
+ 			our stride1
+ 		);
+ 	}