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# Run Language Identification

The process of running language identification tasks is very similar regardless of which mode it is run in. As such, the bulk of this section focuses on segmented identification, with significant differences for other modes described where appropriate.

To identify the languages in streamed audio, use one of the `LangIdBndStream`, `LangIdCumStream`, or `LangIdSegStream` tasks, depending on the mode that you want to use. If you already have language identification feature (.lif) files, use one of the `LangIdBndLif`, `LangIdCumLif`, or `LangIdSegLif` tasks. For details about these standard tasks, see the HPE IDOL Speech Server Reference.

Use the following procedure to identify the languages in an audio file.

To identify languages in an audio file

1. Create a list that contains the file names (including file extensions) of the classifiers to use.

   For more information about HPE IDOL Speech Server's list manager, see Create and Manage Lists.

2. Send an `AddTask` action to HPE IDOL Speech Server, and set the following parameters:

   `Type` | The task name. Set to `LangIdSegWav` for segmented mode, `LangIdBndWav` for boundary mode, or `LangIdCumWav` for cumulative mode.
   `File` | The audio file to process. To restrict processing to a section of the audio file, set the start and end times in the `wav` module (for information about how to configure the `wav` module, see the HPE IDOL Speech Server Reference).
   `Out` | The file to write the language identification results to.

   Note: If you want to change the audio sample rate, or if you want to use your own custom classifiers, you must also set the `ClassList` parameter. You might also need to specify the `ClassPath` parameter, depending on the location of the classifier files. See the HPE IDOL Speech Server Reference for more information.

   Note: If you use the base classifier pack, set the languages that you want to identify in the `LangList` configuration parameter in the `langid` module.

   If you set `Type` to `LangIdBndWav`, you must also set the `OutB` parameter.

   `OutB` | The file to write the boundary point information to.

For example:

    http://localhost:13000/action=AddTask&Type=LangIdSegWav&File=C:\Data\Speech.wav&ClassList=ListManager\OptClassSet&ClassPath=C:\LangID\&Out=SpeechLang1.ctm

This action uses port `13000` to instruct HPE IDOL Speech Server, which is located on the local machine, to identify languages in the `Speech.wav` file using the language classifiers specified in the `OptClassSet` list, and to write the identification results to the `SpeechLang1.ctm` file.

This action returns a token. You can use the token to:

- Check the task status. See Check the Status of a Task.
- Retrieve the results file. See Find Recommended Language Resources to Use in a Task.

HPE IDOL Speech Server displays the results in XML format in your web browser. You can also open the .ctm file from the configured HPE IDOL Speech Server temporary directory (or another location if you specified a path in the `Out` parameter).

The following is an example of the .ctm output produced by the `LangIdSegWav` task.

`1` | `L1` | `0.00` | `30.58` | `English` | `1.000` | `1.252`
`1` | `L2` | `0.00` | `30.58` | `German` | `0.686` | `1.252`
`1` | `L3` | `0.00` | `30.58` | `French` | `0.550` | `1.252`
`1` | `L1` | `30.58` | `28.30` | `German` | `1.000` | `1.306`
`1` | `L2` | `30.58` | `28.30` | `English` | `0.562` | `1.306`
`1` | `L3` | `30.58` | `28.30` | `Italian` | `0.517` | `1.306`
`1` | `L1` | `58.88` | `31.12` | `English` | `1.000` | `1.295`
`1` | `L2` | `58.88` | `31.12` | `French` | `0.680` | `1.295`
`1` | `L3` | `58.88` | `31.12` | `German` | `0.511` | `1.295`

From left to right, the columns in the .ctm file contain:

- The channel ID (usually `1`)
- The ranking of the language result at this time (`L1` is the top result, `L2` the next best, and so on)
- The start time of the processed segment in seconds
- The duration of the processed segment in seconds
- The identified language
- The score for this language (if normalized scores are being used, this score ranges from `0.0` to `1.0`; otherwise a log score is reported)
- The confidence for the highest-ranked decision in the current segment (`1.0` and above–the higher the score, the more confident the system is that `L1` is the correct answer)

The example shows a 90-second file being recognized in segments, each approximately 30 seconds in duration. For the first segment, English is the language that is identified as being the most likely (`L1`), followed by German (`L2`) and French (`L3`). For the next segment, German has the highest confidence score. For the final segment, English has the highest confidence score again. In `SEGMENTED` mode, it is common to see different results for each segment, because the language might change throughout the file. `CUMULATIVE` mode assesses the most dominant language across the whole file, so you would not expect to see these changes.

The following example shows some of the same information displayed in XML format.

    <lid_transcript>
    	<lid_record>
    		<start>0.000</start>
    		<end>30.580</end>
    		<label>English</label>
    		<score>1.000</score>
    		<confidence>1.252</confidence>
    		<rank>1</rank>
    	</lid_record>
    	<lid_record>
    		<start>0.000</start>
    		<end>30.580</end>
    		<label>German</label>
    		<score>0.686</score>
    		<confidence>1.252</confidence>
    		<rank>2</rank>
    	</lid_record>
    </lid_transcript>

This output format is common to the `SEGMENTED` and `CUMULATIVE` modes. For the `BOUNDARY` mode, the output is a little different. The main results file, specified by the `Out` parameter, is unchanged in format. However, the time points occur whenever a language change is detected, instead of after a fixed time period. The `BOUNDARY` mode also produces an extra results file, specified by the `OutB` parameter. To retrieve this file, send a `GetResults` action that includes the parameter `Label=OutB`. The file provides information on the boundary change points only. For example:

    1 X 21.97 21.97 English_French 1.000
    1 X 61.82 61.82 French_English 1.000

From left to right, the columns in this file contain:

- The channel number, usually `1`
- A fixed field, `X`
- The time of the boundary change
- The time of the boundary change (repeated)
- The languages either side of the boundary
- The score (fixed at `1.0`)

The following example shows the same results displayed in XML format:

    <lib_transcript>
    	<lib_record>
    		<time>21.970</time>
    		<from>English</from>
    		<to>French</to>
    	</lib_record>
    	<lib_record>
    		<time>61.820</time>
    		<from>French</from>
    		<to>English</to>
    	</lib_record
    </lib_transcript>

The XML shows that the language changed from English to French after 21.970 seconds, and then from French back into English after 61.820 seconds.

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