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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright    2021-2024  Xiaomi Corp.        (authors: Fangjun Kuang,
+#                                                       Zengrui Jin,)
+#
+# See ../../../../LICENSE for clarification regarding multiple authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""
+This file displays duration statistics of utterances in a manifest.
+You can use the displayed value to choose minimum/maximum duration
+to remove short and long utterances during the training.
+
+See the function `remove_short_and_long_utt()` in transducer/train.py
+for usage.
+"""
+
+
+from lhotse import load_manifest_lazy
+
+
+def main():
+    path = "./data/fbank/mdcc_cuts_train.jsonl.gz"
+    path = "./data/fbank/mdcc_cuts_valid.jsonl.gz"
+    path = "./data/fbank/mdcc_cuts_test.jsonl.gz"
+
+    cuts = load_manifest_lazy(path)
+    cuts.describe(full=True)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+
+"""
+data/fbank/mdcc_cuts_train.jsonl.gz (with speed perturbation)
+_________________________________________ 
+_ Cuts count:               _ 195360
+_________________________________________            
+_ Total duration (hh:mm:ss) _ 173:44:59
+_________________________________________               
+_ mean                      _ 3.2
+_________________________________________
+_ std                       _ 2.1
+_________________________________________               
+_ min                       _ 0.2
+_________________________________________
+_ 25%                       _ 1.8        
+_________________________________________
+_ 50%                       _ 2.7
+_________________________________________
+_ 75%                       _ 4.0
+_________________________________________
+_ 99%                       _ 11.0      _
+_________________________________________
+_ 99.5%                     _ 12.4      _
+_________________________________________
+_ 99.9%                     _ 14.8      _
+_________________________________________
+_ max                       _ 16.7      _
+_________________________________________
+_ Recordings available:     _ 195360    _
+_________________________________________
+_ Features available:       _ 195360    _
+_________________________________________
+_ Supervisions available:   _ 195360    _
+_________________________________________
+
+data/fbank/mdcc_cuts_valid.jsonl.gz 
+________________________________________ 
+_ Cuts count:               _ 5663     _ 
+________________________________________ 
+_ Total duration (hh:mm:ss) _ 05:03:12 _ 
+________________________________________ 
+_ mean                      _ 3.2      _ 
+________________________________________ 
+_ std                       _ 2.0      _ 
+________________________________________ 
+_ min                       _ 0.3      _ 
+________________________________________ 
+_ 25%                       _ 1.8      _ 
+________________________________________ 
+_ 50%                       _ 2.7      _ 
+________________________________________ 
+_ 75%                       _ 4.0      _ 
+________________________________________ 
+_ 99%                       _ 10.9     _ 
+________________________________________
+_ 99.5%                     _ 12.3     _
+________________________________________
+_ 99.9%                     _ 14.4     _
+________________________________________
+_ max                       _ 14.8     _
+________________________________________
+_ Recordings available:     _ 5663     _
+________________________________________
+_ Features available:       _ 5663     _
+________________________________________
+_ Supervisions available:   _ 5663     _
+________________________________________
+
+data/fbank/mdcc_cuts_test.jsonl.gz
+________________________________________ 
+_ Cuts count:               _ 12492    _ 
+________________________________________ 
+_ Total duration (hh:mm:ss) _ 11:00:31 _ 
+________________________________________ 
+_ mean                      _ 3.2      _ 
+________________________________________ 
+_ std                       _ 2.0      _ 
+________________________________________ 
+_ min                       _ 0.2      _ 
+________________________________________ 
+_ 25%                       _ 1.8      _ 
+________________________________________ 
+_ 50%                       _ 2.7      _ 
+________________________________________ 
+_ 75%                       _ 4.0      _ 
+________________________________________ 
+_ 99%                       _ 10.5     _ 
+________________________________________ 
+_ 99.5%                     _ 12.1     _ 
+________________________________________
+_ 99.9%                     _ 14.0     _
+________________________________________
+_ max                       _ 14.8     _
+________________________________________
+_ Recordings available:     _ 12492    _
+________________________________________
+_ Features available:       _ 12492    _
+________________________________________
+_ Supervisions available:   _ 12492    _
+________________________________________
+
+"""