MKBINHMM(1)

🎀 NAME 🎀

mkbinhmm — the little tool that takes your HMM definition file in HTK ascii format and turns it into Julius binary format. glow-up for your acoustic model, basically 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mkbinhmm [-htkconf HTKConfigFile] {hmmdefs_file} {binhmm_file}

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so bestie, here's the tea ☕ mkbinhmm converts an HMM definition file that's in HTK ascii format into a binary HMM file for Julius. and the payoff?? it will greatly speed up the launch process. that's the whole vibe. no cap.

you can also embed the acoustic analysis condition parameters you need for recognition right into the output file 👀 to do that, you pass the HTK Config file you used to extract the acoustic features for training the HMM with the option -htkconf. it's giving "everything in one file, we love to see it".

the embedded parameters in a binary HMM format get loaded into Julius automatically, so you literally do not need to specify the acoustic feature options at run time. super convenient when you're delivering an acoustic model, fr fr 🫶

you can also feed it a binary file as the input. this is how you update an old binary format into a new one, or embed the config parameters into a binary file that already exists. heads up though 🚨 if the input binhmm already has acoustic analysis parameters embedded, they will be overridden by the values you specify. so like, be aware.

and yes, mkbinhmm can read gzipped file as input 🎁 iconic behaviour honestly.

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -htkconf HTKConfigFile — the HTK Config file you used at training time. if you specify it, the values get embedded into the output file. that's it, that's the option 💖
• hmmdefs_file — the source HMM definition file, in HTK ascii format or Julius binary format.
• hmmdefs_file — the output file. yes, the original page lists it as hmmdefs_file too 😭 i'm not making the rules, i'm just the messenger. it's the output file. periodt.

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🦋 EXAMPLES 🦋

convert an HTK ascii format HMM definition file into a Julius binary file:

furthermore, embed acoustic feature parameters as specified by the Config file:

embed the acoustic parameters into an existing binary file:

bestie the page literally ships these as three little descriptions with no command lines under them 🙈 so that's exactly what you're getting. no invented examples here, that's not the move.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• julius ( 1 )
• mkbingram ( 1 )
• mkbinhmmlist ( 1 )

go read those too, iykyk 💜

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💅 COPYRIGHT 💅

• Copyright (c) 1997-2000 Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan
• Copyright (c) 1991-2008 Kawahara Lab., Kyoto University
• Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Shikano Lab., Nara Institute of Science and Technology
• Copyright (c) 2005-2008 Julius project team, Nagoya Institute of Technology

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🌈 LICENSE 🌈

the same as Julius. ✨

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 this was MKBINHMM(1) from 10/02/2008 — go forth and convert your HMMs, you absolute main character 👑💖