SPPAS
Automatic Annotation of Speech
Brigitte Bigi - Laboratoire Parole et Langage - Aix-en-Provence - France

Installation

SPPAS installation only consists to unpack the package.

In order to work, external programs must be installed before installing SPPAS. Administrator rights are required to perform these installations. Follow carefully instructions of this page to download and install all of them:

Installing dependencies on Windows

How to know if my computer is a 32-bits or 64-bits architecture?

Method 1: automatically

Just follow this link... and it will be printed in blue color in the page.

Method 2: manually

Windows >= 8: Go to start and search for this pc and go to properties. Then you can find the architecture in section "System", line "System type:".

Windows Vista or Windows 7: Click on Start, type system in the Start Search box, and then click system in the Programs list. For a 64-bits version operating system: 64-bits Operating System appears for the System type under System. For a 32-bits version operating system: 32-bits Operating System appears for the System type under System.

Windows XP: Click on Start and then click on Run. Type sysdm.cpl, and then click on OK. Click on the General tab. For a 64-bits version operating system: Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Version appears under System. For a 32-bits version operating system: Windows XP Professional Version appears under System.

Python

Click here to download Python

During the installation, click three times on the "Next" button and then on "Finish".

WxPython

Click here to download wxPython

During the installation, click on the "Next" button and then on "Finish".

Julius installation:

Click here to download Julius (release >= 4.1)

Open the Explorer and go to into the julius installation directory. Open the "bin" directory then select the file "julius.exe". Copy this file into C:\WINDOWS\
Take care: the file name must be STRICTLY julius.exe, and nothing else (you'll have to rename it by removing the version number if any).

Dependencies installation on Linux

For Linux Ubuntu users, there are deb packages for all dependencies (python2.7, wxpython, julius).
python-wxgtk-media and gstreamer must be installed too.

For Linux Fedora users, there are rpm packages for python2.7 and wxpython. The Julius tool will have to be installed from sources.

Dependencies installation on MacOS

Python

Click here to download Python

Click on the package and follow instructions.

WxPython

Click here to download wxPython

Click on the package and follow instructions.

Julius installation:

I compiled a 64-bits version which include a ready-to-use version of Julius for MacOS. This version is available here:

Julius for MacOS (515Ko)

Download, extract the archive and drag-and-drop the package content into the /usr/local/bin directory.