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?