    adintool

ADINTOOL(1)                                                        ADINTOOL(1)



NAME
           adintool
          - a tool to record / split / send / receive audio streams

SYNOPSIS
       adintool {-in inputdev} {-out outputdev} [options...]

DESCRIPTION
       adintool analyzes speech input, finds speech segments skipping silence,
       and records the detected segments in various ways. It performs speech
       detection based on zerocross number and power (level), and records the
       detected parts to files or other output devices sucessively.


       adintool is a upper version of adinrec with various functions.
       Supported input device are: microphone input, a speech file, standard
       tty input, and network socket (called adin-net server mode). Julius
       plugin can be also used. Detected speech segments will be saved to
       output devices: speech files, standard tty output, and network socket
       (called adin-net client mode). For example, you can split the incoming
       speech to segments and send them to Julius to be recognized.

       Output format is WAV, 16bit (signed short), monoral. If the file
       already exist, it will be overridden.

OPTIONS
       All Julius options can be set. Only audio input related options are
       treated and others are silently skipped. Below is a list of options.

   adintool specific options
        -freq  Hz
          Set sampling rate in Hz. (default: 16,000)

        -in  inputdev
          Audio input device. "mic" to capture via microphone input, "file"
          for audio file input, and "stdin" to read raw data from
          standard-input. For file input, file name prompt will appear after
          startup. Use "adinnet" to make adintool as "adinnet server",
          receiving data from client via network socket. Default port number
          is 5530, which can be altered by option "-inport".

          Alternatively, input device can be set by "-input" option, in which
          case you can use plugin input.

        -out  outputdev
          Audio output device store the data. Specify "file" to save to file,
          in which the output filename should be given by "-filename". Use
          "stdout" to standard out. "adinnet" will make adintool to be an
          adinnet client, sending speech data to a server via tcp/ip socket.
          When using "adinnet" output, the server name to send data should be
          specified by "-server". The default port number is 5530, which can
          be changed by "-port" option.

        -inport  num
          When adintool becomes adinnet server to receive data (-in adinnet),
          set the port number to listen. (default: 5530)

        -server  [host] [,host...]
          When output to adinnet server (-out adinnet), set the hostname. You
          can send to multiple hosts by specifying their hostnames as
          comma-delimited list like "host1,host2,host3".

        -port  [num] [,num...]
          When adintool send a data to adinnet server (-out adinnet), set the
          port number to connect. (default: 5530) For multiple servers,
          specify port numbers for all servers like "5530,5530,5531".

        -filename  file
          When output to file (-out file), set the output filename. The actual
          file name will be as "file.0000.wav" , "file.0001.wav" and so on,
          where the four digit number increases as speech segment detected.
          The initial number will be set to 0 by default, which can be changed
          by "-startid" option. When using "-oneshot" option to save only the
          first segment, the input will be saved as "file".

        -startid  number
          At file output, set the initial file number. (default: 0)

        -oneshot
          Exit after the end of first speech segment.

        -nosegment
          Do not perform speech detection for input, just treat all the input
          as a single valid segment.

        -raw
          Output as RAW file (no header).

        -autopause
          When output to adinnet server, adintool enter pause state at every
          end of speech segment. It will restart when the destination adinnet
          server sends it a resume signal.

        -loosesync
          When output to multiple adinnet server, not to do strict
          synchronization for restart. By default, when adintool has entered
          pause state, it will not restart until resume commands are received
          from all servers. This option will allow restart at least one
          restart command has arrived.

        -rewind  msec
          When input is a live microphone device, and there has been some
          continuing input at the moment adintool resumes, it start recording
          backtracking by the specified milliseconds.

   Concerning Julius options
        -input  {mic|rawfile|adinnet|stdin|netaudio|esd|alsa|oss}
          Choose speech input source. Specify 'file' or 'rawfile' for waveform
          file. On file input, users will be prompted to enter the file name
          from stdin.

          'mic' is to get audio input from a default live microphone device,
          and 'adinnet' means receiving waveform data via tcpip network from
          an adinnet client. 'netaudio' is from DatLink/NetAudio input, and
          'stdin' means data input from standard input.

          At Linux, you can choose API at run time by specifying alsa, oss and
          esd.

        -chunk_size  samples
          Audio fragment size in number of samples. (default: 1000)

        -lv  thres
          Level threshold for speech input detection. Values should be in
          range from 0 to 32767. (default: 2000)

        -zc  thres
          Zero crossing threshold per second. Only input that goes over the
          level threshold (-lv) will be counted. (default: 60)

        -headmargin  msec
          Silence margin at the start of speech segment in milliseconds.
          (default: 300)

        -tailmargin  msec
          Silence margin at the end of speech segment in milliseconds.
          (default: 400)

        -zmean
          This option enables DC offset removal.

        -smpFreq  Hz
          Set sampling rate in Hz. (default: 16,000)

        -48
          Record input with 48kHz sampling, and down-sample it to 16kHz
          on-the-fly. This option is valid for 16kHz model only. The
          down-sampling routine was ported from sptk. (Rev. 4.0)

        -NA  devicename
          Host name for DatLink server input (-input netaudio).

        -adport  port_number
          With -input adinnet, specify adinnet port number to listen.
          (default: 5530)

        -nostrip
          Julius by default removes successive zero samples in input speech
          data. This option stop it.

        -C  jconffile
          Load a jconf file at here. The content of the jconffile will be
          expanded at this point.

        -plugindir  dirlist
          Specify which directories to load plugin. If several direcotries
          exist, specify them by colon-separated list.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
        ALSADEV
          (using mic input with alsa device) specify a capture device name. If
          not specified, "default" will be used.

        AUDIODEV
          (using mic input with oss device) specify a capture device path. If
          not specified, "/dev/dsp" will be used.

        LATENCY_MSEC
          Try to set input latency of microphone input in milliseconds.
          Smaller value will shorten latency but sometimes make process
          unstable. Default value will depend on the running OS.

EXAMPLES
       Record microphone input to files: "data.0000.wav", "data.0001.wav" and
       so on:
       Split a long speech file "foobar.raw" into "foobar.1500.wav",
       "foobar.1501.wav" ...:
       Copy an entire audio file via network socket.
       Detect speech segment, send to Julius via network and recognize it:

SEE ALSO
        julius ( 1 ) ,
        adinrec ( 1 )

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

LICENSE
       The same as Julius.



                                  10/02/2008                       ADINTOOL(1)
