---
name: "pocketsphinx_mdef_convert"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pocketsphinx"
version: "0.8+5prealpha+1-15+b4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pocketsphinx_mdef_convert"
---

# pocketsphinx\_mdef\_convert(1)

Convert text-format model definition files to and from PocketSphinx format

## NAME

pocketsphinx\_mdef\_convert - Convert text-format model definition files to and from PocketSphinx format

## SYNOPSIS

**pocketsphinx\_mdef\_convert** \[ *options* \] **INPUT OUTPUT**

## DESCRIPTION

This program converts the text format acoustic model definition files generated by SphinxTrain into the fast binary format used by PocketSphinx.  It can also convert binary files back to text format.

- **-text**

  The input is in text format, and is to be converted to binary.

- **-bin**

  The input is in binary format, and is to be converted to text.

## AUTHOR

Written by David Huggins-Daines \<dhuggins@cs.cmu.edu\>.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2016 Carnegie Mellon University.  See the file *COPYING* included with this package for more information.\