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diff --git a/desktop/simon/README.setup b/desktop/simon/README.setup deleted file mode 100644 index b14f2d7f3d..0000000000 --- a/desktop/simon/README.setup +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ -You may want to install the Hidden Markov Model Toolkit (HTK) which is -covered by a license which does not permit free distribution. However, -you need HTK if you want to train your acoustic model. You can obtain -HTK from here (but only after registering): http://htk.eng.cam.ac.uk/ - -If you are creating solutions which will be used by more than one user, or -simply don't have the time to train the system, you can use static base models. -Static models are used as-is and are not modified by simon in any way. -Because of this, it is important that the selected base model matches your -voice as closely as possible. - -Even if you use a static model, you NEED to get an acoustic model from the web. -You can download some prebuilt models at http://www.voxforge.org/ - -BEGINNER GUIDE: -If you are a beginner and you don't know exactly how a speech recognition works, -but want just to enable this "cool feature", you may want to follow these steps -(static model), in order to make simon operative (English). - -This is to help you to your first approach to this program, next you will -be able to customize more and more! - - 0. Browse acoustic models from - http://www.repository.voxforge1.org/downloads/Nightly_Builds/current/ - Download "HTK_AcousticModel-2010-12-16_16kHz_16bit_MFCC_O_D.tgz" - 1. Uncompress the model where you want. - 2. Run "ksimond" (not from root). You need to have the daemon simond running. - 3. Configure "simond". (ksimond -> configuration -> simond). Add a username and a - password which are going to be used by simon. - 4. Run "simon". An assistant will appear. Click "Next" once to jump to "Scenarios" - section of the assistant. - 5. Get some scenario. You need at least one, download a scenario in English. - 6. Configure base model. Choose "Static model" type. From the uncompressed acoustic - model of step 1 choose: - - "hmmdefs" file for HMM definition - - "tiedlist" file for Tiedlist - - "macros" file for Macros - - "stats" file for Stats - Click "Ok", then "Next". - 7. "Server" and "Sound devices" sections configuration depends on what hardware - and software you're going to use. - You can safely just press "Next" to leave them unchanged. - 8. Adjust the volume of your microphone (or any input device you're going to use) - I suggest you to get the rumor at few percentage (3%-4%) and to get - "Volume correct" while speaking (I boosted my microphone for that) - 9. Optionally perform a training of speechable texts of your scenario to put your - voice in training data for a better recognition. -10. Speak! - |