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I am running HTK_Compile_Model.sh and getting the following error message. 

        Step 4 - Creating Transcription Files
==============================================================
writing to mlf file ./interim_files/words.mlf
writing to ./interim_files/words.mlf file done

        Step 5 - Coding the (Audio) Data
==============================================================
  ERROR [+6210]  OpenWaveInput: Cannot open waveform file ../train/wav/sample1.w
av
 FATAL ERROR - Terminating program C:\cygwin\HTK\htk-3.3-windows-binary\htk\HCop
y.exe

I have checked the directories and the code, but can't figure out where I am going wrong.  Can anyone give me some pointers? 

Much appreciated

sample.grammar is :

S : NS_B SENT NS_E

SENT: COM VAR

sample.voca

% NS_B

<s>        sil

% NS_E

</s>        sil

% COM

INPUT        in pu t

OUTPUT        au t pu t

% VAR

A        a

B        b

RUNNING THE SCRIPTS GIVE :

$ ./HTK_Compile_Model.sh

        init

==============================================================

        Step 1 - Task Grammar

==============================================================

already completed manually

        Step 2 - Pronunciation Dictionnary

==============================================================

sorting:./interim_files/wlist to:./interim_files/wlist1

Found voxforge_lexicon

***Please review the following HDMan output***:

WARNING: no script file ./input_files/voxforge_lexicon.ded

Missing Words

-------------

*/sample1

5.41.15.1507;}viewkind4uc1pardf0fs20

A

ABALON

ABDOMINALS

ABOLISHpar

ABOUNDING

ABOUT

ACCOUNT

ACHIEVE

ACTUAL

ACUPUNCTURE

ADVENTUREpar

AEROBIC

AFGHAN

AGAINST

AGATHApar

AHEAD

AIRPLANE

ALGORITHM

ALLENTOWNpar

ALRIGHT

ALTHOUGH

ALTOGETHER

AMNESIA

AND

ANOTHERpar

ARTHRITIS

ASIA

AVERSION

Apar

B

BATTLE

BEATLE

BEIGE

BEIJINGpar

BELOW

BELT

BEND

BITTEN

BLATANT

BODY

BOOKENDS

BRIGHT

BRIGHTEN

BRITAINpar

BROOKHAVEN

BROUHAHA

BULLHEADSpar

BUSBOYS

Bpar

CALL

CHAMPLAIN

CHOICE

COILS

COINpar

COLLECTION

COLORATION

COMBINATION

COMMERCIALpar

COMPLAIN

COPYRIGHT

COUPLE

CRADLE

CRITERIA

CRUMBLEpar

CUBA

CUBE

CUMULATIVEpar

CURING

CURLING

CYCLINGpar

CYNTHIA

Courier

DANFORTH

DASHBOARD

DATABASEpar

DEPTHpar

DIGEST

DIGITAL

DILIGENTpar

ELAINE

EXPLAINpar

GATEWAY

GATORADE

GAZEBO

HELLO

HELMET

HELP

HELPLESS

HELPpar

HOOD

INPUT

INPUTpar

KENNEL

KENNETH

KENYA

LEISURE

LITTLE

MEASURE

MEASUREpar

METALpar

MIDDLE

Msftedit

NEEDLE

New;}}

OUTPUT

OUTPUTpar

PHONE

POODLE

RIGHTpar

SADDLEpar

SENT-END

SENT-START

STEVE

WEEKENDpar

YOUNG

YOUNGpar

par

Dictionary Usage Statistics

---------------------------

  Dictionary    TotalWords WordsUsed  TotalProns PronsUsed

voxforge_lex         0          0          0          0

        dict         0          0          0          0

119 words required, 119 missing

Dictionary ./interim_files/dict created

        Step 3 - Recording the Data

==============================================================

already completed manually

        Step 4 - Creating Transcription Files

==============================================================

writing to mlf file ./interim_files/words.mlf

writing to ./interim_files/words.mlf file done

  ERROR [+1232]  NumParts: Cannot find word Courier in dictionary

 FATAL ERROR - Terminating program C:\my\cygwin\HTK\htk-3.3-windows-binary\htk\H

LEd.exe

  ERROR [+1232]  NumParts: Cannot find word Courier in dictionary

 FATAL ERROR - Terminating program C:\my\cygwin\HTK\htk-3.3-windows-binary\htk\H

LEd.exe

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See this entry in trac: Ticket #449 - HowTo error

Just thought I would share a minor issue with you regarding the howto - in one of my projects I neglected to establish a directory called acoustic_model_files to receive hmmdefs and tiedlist. Interestingly the scripts created a single file called acoustic_model_files instead of the directory, and the error is not found until you run julius to test and he complains he cannot find hmmdefs etc. It looks as though the directory is there but in fact it is not. When I deleted the bogus file, created the directory and ran the setup again all was well.

The first time I ran HTK_Compile_Model.sh it stopped at step 5 and complained that it could not find sample1.wav. The message indicated it was looking in a directory one level up, but the Howto calls for the wav files to be stored two levels up in voxforge/train/wav directory. 

I found that after:

mkdir auto/train and mkdir auto/train/wav,

copy all sample*.wav files to this new wav directory

mkdir auto/train/mfcc

then the script ran perfectly to the end. Maybe I missed something, but hope it helps.