---
name: "sphinx_lm_convert"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sphinxbase-utils"
version: "0.8+5prealpha+1-21+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sphinx_lm_convert"
---

# sphinx\_lm\_convert(1)

Convert and manipulate language model files

## NAME

sphinx\_lm\_convert - Convert and manipulate language model files

## SYNOPSIS

**sphinx\_lm\_convert** \[ *options* \]...

## DESCRIPTION

This program converts language model files from one format to another.  It can also be used to change the character encoding of the text in a language model file and to force word strings to upper or lower case.

- **-case**

  ´lower´ or ´upper´ - case fold to lower/upper case (NOT UNICODE AWARE)

- **-debug**

  level for debugging messages

- **-help**

  Shows the usage of the tool

- **-i**

  language model file (required)

- **-ifmt**

  language model format (will guess if not specified)

- **-logbase**

  Base in which all log-likelihoods calculated

- **-mmap**

  Use memory-mapped I/O for reading binary LM files

- **-o**

  language model file (required)

- **-ofmt**

  language model file (will guess if not specified)

## AUTHOR

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

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2010 Carnegie Mellon University.  See the file *COPYING* included with this package for more information.\