diff --git "a/exp/conformer_transducer/test_clean_rnnt_greedy_search/text_bpe_value_tmp" "b/exp/conformer_transducer/test_clean_rnnt_greedy_search/text_bpe_value_tmp" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/exp/conformer_transducer/test_clean_rnnt_greedy_search/text_bpe_value_tmp" @@ -0,0 +1,2620 @@ +▁HE▁HOPED▁THERE▁WOULD▁BE▁STEW▁FOR▁DINNER▁TURNIPS▁AND▁CARROTS▁AND▁BRUISED▁POTATOES▁AND▁FAT▁MUTTON▁PIECES▁TO▁BE▁LADLED▁OUT▁IN▁THICK▁PEPPERED▁FLOUR▁FATTENED▁SAUCE +▁STUFFORD▁INTO▁YOU▁HIS▁BELLY▁COUNSELLED▁HIM +▁AFTER▁EARLY▁NIGHTFALL▁THE▁YELLOW▁LAMPS▁WOULD▁LIGHT▁UP▁HERE▁AND▁THERE▁THE▁SQUALID▁QUARTER▁OF▁THE▁BROTHELS +▁OH▁BERTIE▁AND▁HE▁GOOD▁IN▁YOUR▁MIND +▁NUMBER▁TEN▁FRESH▁NELLIE▁IS▁WAITING▁ON▁YOU▁GOOD▁NIGHT▁HUSBAND +▁THE▁MUSIC▁CAME▁NEARER▁AND▁HE▁RECALLED▁THE▁WORDS▁THE▁WORDS▁OF▁SHELLEY'S▁FRAGMENT▁UPON▁THE▁MOON▁WANDERING▁COMPANIONLESS▁PALE▁FOR▁WEARINESS +▁THE▁DULL▁LIGHT▁FELL▁MORE▁FAINTLY▁UPON▁THE▁PAGE▁WHEREON▁ANOTHER▁EQUATION▁BEGAN▁TO▁UNFOLD▁ITSELF▁SLOWLY▁AND▁TO▁SPREAD▁ABROAD▁ITS▁WIDENING▁TAIL 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