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Open-source speech recognition toolkit based on Java.

Getting Started

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Read the official documentation

The CMU Sphinx team maintains comprehensive docs that cover installation, configuration, and common patterns.

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Best For

Projects requiring accurate and efficient speech recognition capabilities in a local environment.

Developers who need to customize acoustic or language models for specific use cases.

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