I tried sam again after I had problems a couple of days ago (I used the same paths; I just had to fix the paths to the test files). I used the Build model and the Test model button in conjunction with my German backup files (about 200 German words can be recognized with these files when everything is configured correctly). It worked.
My question is: how can I import the model that I have built/tested with sam into simon?
simon offers to Manage scenarios: Import and Export are offered. I tried the Export button. This created an XML file:
<!DOCTYPE scenario>
<scenario version=”1″ icon=”simon” name=”General” lastModified=”2010-02-03T14:06:50″>
<simonCompatibility>
<minimumVersion>
<version>0.2.82</version>
</minimumVersion>
<maximumVersion/>
</simonCompatibility>
<authors>
<author>
<name>Anybody</name>
<contact>no@mail</contact>
</author>
</authors>
<licence>GPL</licence>
<vocabulary/>
<grammar>
<structure>Unknown</structure>
</grammar>
<actions/>
<trainingtexts/>
</scenario>
I would like to be able to import my sam speech model into simon. How can I do this?
What can I import into simon?
- I can press the Import Dictionary button to import an active dictionary and/or a shadow dictionary.
- I can switch to the Grammar tab, press the Import button. I didn’t try this function yet. I am not too interested because currently I don’t need a grammar function (200 German words could be recognized without a grammar – only the terminal Unknown was used; 1000 German words should be possible without grammar, I hope). Of course, if I want to restore my German speech model (53 MB), it is necessary to restore the grammar, too. So this Import [Grammar] button might be useful.
- In the Training tab, I can press the Import Trainingsdata button. This should import the prompts file and the corresponding wav files (stored in the training.data folder).
When I take a look at sam > Static model, I can see fields for Base macros and Base stats. Where are these files from my own German 200 words speech model located? When I download the English acoustic model from Voxforge (HTK_AcousticModel-2010-02-03_16kHz_16bit_MFCC_O_D.tgz), I can see the following files:
1. macros – this file is probably usable with sam > Input & output files > Static model > Base macros.
2. stats – probably usable with sam > Input & output files > Static model > Base stats.
When I build my own German speech model with sam, where are these files – macros and stats – located? Where can I find them? I assume that I need them if I want to restore my speech model for the usage with simon, but I am not sure.
This is what I want: Restore my 200 German words speech model (my current problem). Then I want to add more words to this speech model. I am planning to add about 10 words per day on average to my German speech model. It should grow continously. And if something goes wrong, I want to be able to restore from my backup file because I don’t want to begin again and again from scratch.
The Manage scenarios > Import and Export buttons might be of help in the future.
I already said it earlier, and I say it again because it is important: the user doesn’t want to loose his own work (= wav recordings that were made with simon). It should be possible to backup (=export) and to restore (=import) all files that are necessary to build a working speech model.
For me, it is OK to specify each specific path like it is possible with sam. But in the end, it has to work with simon.
I want to fine tune my German speech model with sam. Especially, I want to sort out wav files that have a low recognition rate with sam. After I have fine-tuned my German speech model with sam, I want to use it with simon (=import it into simon). How is this possible?
