title: Sphinx 4 Failed to align audio to trancript
body: <p>I am following Acoustic Model Adaption using Sphinx 4 with the following <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download/4m023b514d0a4j7/16000Hz.rar" rel="nofollow">wav files</a>.
  Here is the result I get when using <code>bw -hmmdir wsj -moddeffn wsj/mdef -ts2cbfn .cont. -feat 1s_c_d_dd -cmn current -agc none -dictfn vn.dic -ctlfn lisp.fileids -lsnfn lisp.transcription -accumdir .
  </code></p>
  
  <pre><code>utt&gt;     0                 lisp_0001   53INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 73.43  2.89 -0.3
  4 -1.85 -0.98 -0.52  0.33  0.67 -0.77 -0.56  0.18 -0.50 -0.30
      0    28 1 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0001 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;     1                 lisp_0002   41INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 74.39  2.48 -0.9
  2 -2.09 -1.31 -0.52 -0.17  0.67  0.26 -0.62  0.34 -0.26 -0.04
      0    28 0 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0002 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;     2                 lisp_0003   57INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 75.86  2.02 -0.5
  3 -1.16 -0.79 -0.55 -0.77  0.92 -0.34 -0.82  0.63 -0.33 -0.60
      0    40 2 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0003 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;     3                 lisp_0004   57INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 74.78  2.01 -0.3
  6 -0.52 -1.04 -1.08 -0.08  0.88 -0.51 -0.65  0.56 -0.36 -0.54
      0    40 1 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0004 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;     4                 lisp_0005   49INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 75.03  1.80 -1.7
  6 -1.18 -1.56 -1.24  0.62  1.84 -0.58 -1.34  0.64 -0.26 -0.20
      0    28 2 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0005 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;     5                 lisp_0006   41INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 76.75  0.51 -0.5
  5 -0.89 -1.18 -1.16  0.64  1.67 -1.25 -1.30  0.57 -0.26 -0.54
      0    28 1 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0006 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;     6                 lisp_0007   22INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 82.68 -5.14 -4.5
  6 -1.20 -0.66 -0.34 -0.88 -0.05  1.29  1.60  0.97 -0.68 -1.65
      0    28 0 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0007 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;     7                 lisp_0008   16INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 82.76 -6.31 -4.7
  5 -1.98 -1.04 -1.06 -0.49  1.19  1.57  1.48  0.52 -1.17 -1.32
      0    28 0 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0008 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;     8                 lisp_0009   47INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 78.49  1.93 -0.6
  9 -0.95 -1.04 -0.06 -0.18  0.98 -0.98 -0.72  0.20  0.04 -0.54
      0    32 1 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0009 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;     9                 lisp_0010   47INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 77.21  1.23  0.1
  8 -0.83 -0.89 -0.19 -0.39  0.80 -1.13 -0.86  0.38 -0.17 -0.47
      0    32 3 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0010 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;    10                 lisp_0011   39INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 79.15  0.97  0.4
  2 -0.53 -1.72 -1.64 -0.36  1.03  0.23 -0.49 -0.59 -0.21 -0.16
      0    32 1 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0011 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;    11                 lisp_0012   41INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 77.22  1.29  0.4
  5 -0.51 -2.12 -1.20 -0.52  1.09 -0.10 -0.56 -0.27 -0.60 -0.20
      0    36 1 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0012 ignored
   utt 0.038x 0.320e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;    12                 lisp_0013   49INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 78.72  0.88 -0.8
  3 -0.17 -0.09 -0.18 -1.40  0.71 -0.16 -1.00 -0.03  0.07 -0.35
      0    32 1 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0013 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;    13                 lisp_0014   51INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 77.42  0.56 -0.8
  8 -0.14 -0.05 -0.20 -1.31  0.90 -0.21 -1.39  0.07  0.01 -0.28
      0    32 3 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0014 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;    14                 lisp_0015   57INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 74.21  1.50  0.0
  8 -1.50 -1.63 -0.97  0.65  0.63 -0.30 -0.07 -0.25 -0.71 -0.21
      0    28 1 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0015 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;    15                 lisp_0016   54INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 74.42  1.22  0.0
  1 -1.77 -1.29 -1.20  0.30  0.83  0.39 -0.31 -0.32 -0.61 -0.11
      0    28 1 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0016 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;    16                 lisp_0017   51INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 77.04  1.26 -1.0
  4 -0.57 -0.62 -0.27 -0.04  0.25 -0.97 -0.66  0.42 -0.16 -0.32
      0    32 2 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0017 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;    17                 lisp_0018   53INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 76.83  0.69 -1.3
  5 -0.93 -0.46 -0.01 -0.53  0.61 -0.64 -1.03  0.85 -0.18 -0.15
      0    32 2 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0018 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;    18                 lisp_0019   55INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 79.39  0.58 -0.5
  1 -1.02 -1.71 -0.55  0.44  0.80  0.32 -0.67 -0.73 -0.09 -0.21
      0    36 2 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0019 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;    19                 lisp_0020   53INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 77.16  1.12 -0.4
  3 -1.27 -1.72 -1.32 -0.06  0.98  0.63 -0.42 -0.39 -0.03 -0.32
      0    32 1 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0020 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;    20                 lisp_0023   43INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 78.04  1.22 -1.2
  4 -1.15 -0.43 -0.20 -0.23  0.78 -0.33 -0.37  0.05 -0.60 -0.73
      0    24 1 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0023 ignored
   utt 0.036x 0.256e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;    21                 lisp_0024   54INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 77.16  0.71 -1.2
  7 -0.87 -0.57 -0.45  0.12  0.53  0.63 -0.43  0.26 -0.65 -0.38
      0    24 1 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0024 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;    22                 lisp_0025   53INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 74.48  3.43  2.1
  5 -0.18 -1.62 -0.61 -0.64 -0.19 -0.28  0.38  0.05 -0.40 -0.01
      0    32 1 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0025 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  utt&gt;    23                 lisp_0026   33INFO: cmn.c(175): CMN: 69.14  5.30  2.1
  9 -1.26 -2.55  0.65 -1.46  0.14 -0.22 -0.54  0.24 -0.34 -0.19
      0    32 1 ERROR: "backward.c", line 421: Failed to align audio to trancript:
   final state of the search is not reached
  ERROR: "baum_welch.c", line 324: lisp_0026 ignored
   utt 0.000x 0.000e upd 0.000x 0.000e fwd 0.000x 0.000e bwd 0.000x 0.000e gau 0.0
  00x 0.000e rsts 0.000x 0.000e rstf 0.000x 0.000e rstu 0.000x 0.000e
  
  overall&gt; stats 0 (-0) 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 0.000x 4.576e
  WARNING: "accum.c", line 617: Over 500 senones never occur in the input data. Th
  is is normal for context-dependent untied senone training or for adaptation, but
   could indicate a serious problem otherwise.
  INFO: s3mixw_io.c(232): Wrote ./mixw_counts [4147x1x8 array]
  INFO: s3tmat_io.c(174): Wrote ./tmat_counts [49x3x4 array]
  INFO: s3gau_io.c(478): Wrote ./gauden_counts with means with vars [4147x1x8 vect
  or arrays]
  INFO: main.c(1014): Counts saved to .
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I suspect that since my WAV files do not have any silence pad, these errors above occurs. Is that correct? If not, what is the cause of the error?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Note:</strong> I recorded a long audio file contains all of the words then cut them into words. It is due to the slow saving speed of my record device. Does that hamper with the quality of each smaller files?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance</p>