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a voice model creator for CMU Sphinx
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Author: umhau <umhau@alum.gcc.edu>
Date:   Sun,  4 Jun 2017 16:49:32 -0400

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diff --git a/README b/README @@ -1,22 +1,23 @@ Voice model creator for CMU Sphinx -=================================================================================================== +=============================================================================== -This tool contains basic tools for creating a custom domain voice model for use with the -PocketSphinx decoder. It is also possible to use the voice models created by this tool as the -basis for a test-to-speech engine. +This tool contains basic tools for creating a custom domain voice model for use +with the PocketSphinx decoder. It is also possible to use the voice models +created by this tool as the basis for a test-to-speech engine. Note this tool has only been tested with Linux Mint 17.3 & 18. **Please see the LICENSE file for terms of use.** Linux/Unix installation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -You should install dependencies first; this ensures that python-dev, PocketSphinx, etc. are -available. Second, install vmc. Some of the packages need to be installed within the user's home -directory; ~/tools is recommended. This should be specified when installing the dependencies. Full -installation on an AMD64 computer running Mint 18 would look like this: +You should install dependencies first; this ensures that python-dev, +PocketSphinx, etc. are available. Second, install vmc. Some of the packages +need to be installed within the user's home directory; ~/tools is recommended. +This should be specified when installing the dependencies. Full installation on +an AMD64 computer running Mint 18 would look like this: Commands: @@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ Commands: See use examples in the next section. Usage instructions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Example usage, recording new audio with 5 repetitions of each sentence: @@ -39,20 +40,20 @@ Example usage, importing previously created audio files: $ vmc.sh ccmodel -import audio_files cc.list ~/tools/ccmodel -Note that the model name and the name of the model folder should be the same. Also note the -repetitions specification is optional; it defaults to 1. +Note that the model name and the name of the model folder should be the same. +Also note the repetitions specification is optional; it defaults to 1. -The model folder will contain all necessary files to run PocketSphinx with the newly created custom -voice model. +The model folder will contain all necessary files to run PocketSphinx with the +newly created custom voice model. -Note that dependencies are not checked when running vmc.sh. To check dependencies, see the section -above. +Note that dependencies are not checked when running vmc.sh. To check +dependencies, see the section above. Background ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -This tools brings together a number of disparate data files that are needed for creating a voice -model. This graph illustrates the data process involved: +This tools brings together a number of disparate data files that are needed for +creating a voice model. This graph illustrates the data process involved: word domain + @@ -73,6 +74,6 @@ model. This graph illustrates the data process involved: v voice model -Each of these steps, starting with the sentence list (given) and ending with the voice model are -contained within this tool. +Each of these steps, starting with the sentence list (given) and ending with +the voice model are contained within this tool.