MODULE 99 error

[jey]

I'm following this tutorial (although oudated)..

http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/sphinx/tutorial.html

..on a Windows platform. I've had to modify some Perl scripts in order to get
proper filepaths. Anyhow, I've managed to get to the "preliminary training
run" part, but the whole thing hangs when it reaches MODULE 99. Console output
is as follows..

MODULE: 90 deleted interpolation
Skipped for continuous models
MODULE: 99 Convert to Sphinx2 format models
Can not create models used by Sphinx-II.
If you intend to create models to use with Sphinx-II models, please rerun
with:
$ST::CFG_HMM_TYPE = '.semi.' or $ST::CFG_HMM_TYPE = '.cont' and
$ST::CFG_FEATURE = '1s_12c_12d_3p_12dd' and $ST::CFG_STATESPERHMM = '5'

Any idea? I've made no modifications to the project configuration, just want
to make it run first so I can learn how the whole thing works..

J.

[Nickolay V. Shmyrev]

No, this is not a critical error. This is not an error at all.

Please use recent tutorial

http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net/wiki/tutorialam

Please also use recent SphinxTrain, it has no stage 99.

[jey]

Much more easier to setup! But it still has MODULE 99.. I've followed every
and each step from your tutorial, downloaded the "recomended lastest releases"
from its "download page" link. I've had no need to modify anything so far..
but I'm still getting stuck in the same point, the ouput error is exactly the
same as before..

Should I ignore this and move forward?

Thanks!

J.

[jey]

Just in case, I must say I'm doing the "./scripts_pl/RunAll.pl" but not the
subsequent..

perl scripts_pl/00.verify/verify_all.pl
perl scripts_pl/10.vector_quantize/slave.VQ.pl
perl scripts_pl/20.ci_hmm/slave_convg.pl
perl scripts_pl/30.cd_hmm_untied/slave_convg.pl
perl scripts_pl/40.buildtrees/slave.treebuilder.pl
perl scripts_pl/45.prunetree/slave-state-tying.pl
perl scripts_pl/50.cd_hmm_tied/slave_convg.pl
perl scripts_pl/90.deleted_interpolation/deleted_interpolation.pl

.. cause I assume RunAll.pl does exactly that..

J.

[Nickolay V. Shmyrev]

Should I ignore this and move forward? Thanks! J

You can ignore and move forward. For the future please avoid asking such
questions here, we aren't supposed to explain you how to use spoon when you
eat.

[jey]

For the future please avoid asking such questions here, we aren't supposed
to explain you how to use spoon when you eat.

Yes, so true.. why should I bother to ask anything about such a <sarcasm>
straightforward and perfectly documented</sarcasm> tool Sphinx is.. no,
sincerely, I don't see your point here.. if not here, where should I ask?
That's what "help forums" are all about..

J.

[jey]

So I've moved forward. Next step is decoding, so I run the script

./scripts_pl/decode/slave.pl

for which I get this output

Can't open
/cygdrive/c/Users/jpozo/Desktop/sphinx_new/tutorial/an4/result/an4-1-1.match

Now, what part of the eating process am I missing now?

Thanks for your patience..

J.

[Nickolay V. Shmyrev]

You need to setup the decoder - run setup_sphinx.pl script in pocketsphinx.
Also you need to make sure that pocketshinx_batch or sphinx3_decode are
present in bin folder and runnable. Sometimes you also need to copy
sphinxbase.dll in bin folder because otherwise pocketsphinx_batch will not
run.

[jey]

You need to setup the decoder - run setup_sphinx.pl script in pocketsphinx.

That's the first things I did, following your tutorial.

Also you need to make sure that pocketshinx_batch or sphinx3_decode are
present in bin folder and runnable.

pocketsphinx_batch is, sphinx3_decode is not.

Sometimes you also need to copy sphinxbase.dll in bin folder because
otherwise pocketsphinx_batch will not run

I've done so, although the exe seems to be ok. It doesn't crash if I run it,
but no output is presented..

As seen in other cases around the forum, the file "logdir\decode\an4-1-log" is
empty except for a line stating current time.

Thanks again.

J.

[Nickolay V. Shmyrev]

If decoder doesn't produce any output it means it fails to link with
sphinxbase. You need to check the configuration of your dynamic linker. You
also need to check the avaiability of sphinxbase library.