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HMM-definitions, Tiedlist, Dict, DFA

When I open Applications > Universal Access > sam > Input & output files, I see the following four options in the Output files area:

(a) HMM-definitions
(b) Tiedlist
(c) Dict
(d) DFA

When I am looking into simon, I can see the following options:

static-model

(a) Hmm Definition
(b) Tiedlist
(c) Macros
(d) Stats

I find it confusing:
- (a) and (b) obviously the same: sam can output the (a) Hmm Definition; simon can use the (a) Hmm Definition as input. sam can output (b) Tiedlist; simon can use the (b) Tiedlist that sam produced as input. So far so good.
- but what is with (c) and (d)? Is (c) Dict the same as (c) Macros? Is (d) DFA the same as (d) Stats?

Why does sam produce (c) Dict and (d) DFA as output files? Is it possible to use these sam output files as simon input files?

Some clarification would be helpful.

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One Response to “HMM-definitions, Tiedlist, Dict, DFA”

  1. Peter Grasch says:
    April 24, 2010 at 9:36 am

    Yes it’s possible. SAM (and simon) also produce the macros and stats files. You can find them in:
    ~/.kde/tmp-localhost/simond/default/compile/hmm24/macros
    ~/.kde/tmp-localhost/simond/default/compile/stats
    for simond.

    For sam the path looks similar.
    (somthing like ~/.kde/tmp-localhost/sam/internalsamuser/…)

    The stats and macros are only used when using an adapted model. Both simond and sam were designed before this feature was implemented. As such, they don’t consider stats and macros as “output files”. A future version of simon will change that but it isn’t a high priority right now as one can easily copy the files from the temporary folder himself and changing this would (for simond at least) be no minor change.

    Greetings,
    Peter