edu.cmu.sphinx.decoder.scorer
Interface AcousticScorer

All Superinterfaces:

Configurable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractScorer, SimpleAcousticScorer, ThreadedAcousticScorer

public interface AcousticScorer
extends Configurable

Provides a mechanism for scoring a set of HMM states

Method Summary

void	allocate() Allocates resources for this scorer
Data	calculateScores(java.util.List<? extends Scoreable> scorableList) Scores the given set of states
void	deallocate() Deallocates resources for this scorer
void	startRecognition() starts the scorer
void	stopRecognition() stops the scorer

Methods inherited from interface edu.cmu.sphinx.util.props.Configurable

newProperties

Method Detail

allocate

void allocate()

Allocates resources for this scorer

deallocate

void deallocate()

Deallocates resources for this scorer

startRecognition

void startRecognition()

starts the scorer

stopRecognition

void stopRecognition()

stops the scorer

calculateScores

Data calculateScores(java.util.List<? extends Scoreable> scorableList)

Scores the given set of states

Parameters:

scorableList - a list containing Scoreable objects to be scored

Returns:

the best scoring scoreable, or null if there are no more frames to score