Julius-standard vs Julius-multipath

Julius Standard

• problems with sp matrix - cannot skip short pause in Acoustic Model (i.e. cannot have a transition from state 1 to state 3 - see ticket #2)
• NOISE word in grammar can be used to denote skippable noise

S : NS_B SENT NS_E
SENT: CALL_V F_NAME NOISE 
SENT: CALL_V L_NAME NOISE 
SENT: CALL_V F_NAME L_NAME NOISE 
SENT: DIAL_V WORD_LOOP NOISE
WORD_LOOP: WORD_LOOP DIGIT 
WORD_LOOP: DIGIT

% NS_B
<s>        sil

% NS_E
</s>        sil

% CALL_V
PHONE        f ow n
CALL        k ao l

% DIAL_V
DIAL        d ay ax l

% F_NAME
STEVE        s t iy v

% L_NAME
YOUNG        y ah ng

% DIGIT
FIVE        f ay v
FOUR       f ao r
NINE        n ay n
EIGHT        ey t
OH        ow
ONE        w ah n
SEVEN        s eh v ih n
SIX        s ih k s
THREE        th r iy
TWO        t uw
ZERO    z ih r ow

% NOISE
<sp>    sp

Julius Multipath:

• permits the use of skippable mode in Julian config file:
  • -iwsp
  • -iwsppenalty
• cannot use NOISE word in grammar