code: def get_utt_info(manifest_path):
      info_list = []
      with open(manifest_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as utt_f:
          for line in utt_f:
              utt = json.loads(line)
              info_list.append(utt)
  
      return info_list
  
file_path: NeMo/examples/asr/experimental/sclite/speech_to_text_sclite.py
imports: import errno
  import json
  import os
  import subprocess
  from argparse import ArgumentParser
  import torch
  from nemo.collections.asr.models import ASRModel
  from nemo.collections.asr.parts.utils.manifest_utils import read_manifest
  from nemo.utils import logging
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling a global function with example usage: get_utt_info(manifest_path) and returns: info_list