def METHOD_NAME(cls, args, **kwargs):
    """Setup the task (e.g., load dictionaries)."""
    dict_path = os.path.join(args.data, "dict.txt")
    if not os.path.isfile(dict_path):
        raise FileNotFoundError("Dict not found: {}".format(dict_path))
    tgt_dict = Dictionary.load(dict_path)
    if args.criterion == "ctc_loss":
        tgt_dict.add_symbol("<ctc_blank>")
    elif args.criterion == "asg_loss":
        for i in range(1, args.max_replabel + 1):
            tgt_dict.add_symbol(replabel_symbol(i))
    print("| dictionary: {} types".format(len(tgt_dict)))
    return cls(args, tgt_dict)