Installing Log File Tools

Installing Log File Tools

The Microsoft Speech Application SDK (SASDK) provides several tools to help parse and analyze the data in Event Trace log (.etl) files. This topic provides a brief description of these tools, and explains how to install and access them.

MSSLogToText — Converts an .etl file into a delimited text file.

MSSUsageReport — Provides summary statistics based on the events captured in an .etl file. The data summarized includes, but is not limited to: recognition accuracy, user perceived latency, and application task information.

MSSContentExtract — Reconstructs audio (.wav) files of a user's utterance during an application session, and compiled context free grammar (.cfg) files associated with the application. The reconstructed .wav files can then be associated with the phone call during which they were recorded.

To install the Log File Extraction tools

  1. Insert the Microsoft Speech Application SDK Version 1.1 CD. The Setup program launches automatically.

    Note  If Setup does not automatically launch, or if you are installing the SASDK from a network location: open Windows Explorer, navigate to the drive location of the SASDK CD, and then double-click Setup.exe.

  2. Verify that the Enterprise Instrumentation Framework is installed.

    • Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.

    • Click Change or Remove Programs.

    • If Enterprise Instrumentation is in the Currently installed programs list, proceed to the next step. Otherwise, see Installing Microsoft Enterprise Instrumentation Framework.

  3. Select Custom.

  4. Deselect Visual Studio .NET Speech Tools, and then click Next.

  5. Follow the on-screen instructions.

To access the tools

  1. Click Start, point to All Programs, and then point to Microsoft Speech Application SDK 1.1.

  2. Point to Debugging Tools, and then click Microsoft Speech Application SDK Command Prompt. 

Remarks

For more information about the tools in this section, refer to the Logging Analysis documentation, which is available from the Redistributable Installers directory of the SASDK Version 1.1 installation CD.

See Also

Understanding Speech Server Events