Add endpointing (#54)

@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ build
 onnxruntime-*
 onnxruntime-*
 icefall-*
 icefall-*
 run.sh
 run.sh
-sherpa-onnx-*
 __pycache__
 __pycache__
 dist/
 dist/
 sherpa_onnx.egg-info/
 sherpa_onnx.egg-info/
 .DS_Store
 .DS_Store
 build-aarch64-linux-gnu
 build-aarch64-linux-gnu
+sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-*
+sherpa-onnx-lstm-en-*
+sherpa-onnx-lstm-zh-*

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ endif()
 
 
 option(SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_PYTHON "Whether to build Python" OFF)
 option(SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_PYTHON "Whether to build Python" OFF)
 option(SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_TESTS "Whether to build tests" OFF)
 option(SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_TESTS "Whether to build tests" OFF)
+option(SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_CHECK "Whether to build with assert" ON)
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Whether to build shared libraries" OFF)
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Whether to build shared libraries" OFF)
 
 
 set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib")
 set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib")
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ message(STATUS "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
 message(STATUS "CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX: ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
 message(STATUS "CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX: ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
 message(STATUS "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}")
 message(STATUS "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}")
 message(STATUS "SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_PYTHON ${SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_PYTHON}")
 message(STATUS "SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_PYTHON ${SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_PYTHON}")
+message(STATUS "SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_TESTS ${SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_TESTS}")
+message(STATUS "SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_CHECK ${SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_CHECK}")
 
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14 CACHE STRING "The C++ version to be used.")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14 CACHE STRING "The C++ version to be used.")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
@@ -56,6 +59,9 @@ if(SHERPA_ONNX_HAS_ALSA)
   add_definitions(-DSHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_ALSA=1)
   add_definitions(-DSHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_ALSA=1)
 endif()
 endif()
 
 
+check_include_file_cxx(cxxabi.h SHERPA_ONNX_HAVE_CXXABI_H)
+check_include_file_cxx(execinfo.h SHERPA_ONNX_HAVE_EXECINFO_H)
+
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules)
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules)
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
 
 

+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Real-time speech recognition from a microphone with sherpa-onnx Python API
+# with endpoint detection.
+#
+# Please refer to
+# https://k2-fsa.github.io/sherpa/onnx/pretrained_models/index.html
+# to download pre-trained models
+
+import sys
+
+try:
+    import sounddevice as sd
+except ImportError as e:
+    print("Please install sounddevice first. You can use")
+    print()
+    print("  pip install sounddevice")
+    print()
+    print("to install it")
+    sys.exit(-1)
+
+import sherpa_onnx
+
+
+def create_recognizer():
+    # Please replace the model files if needed.
+    # See https://k2-fsa.github.io/sherpa/onnx/pretrained_models/index.html
+    # for download links.
+    recognizer = sherpa_onnx.OnlineRecognizer(
+        tokens="./sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20/tokens.txt",
+        encoder="./sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20/encoder-epoch-99-avg-1.onnx",
+        decoder="./sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20/decoder-epoch-99-avg-1.onnx",
+        joiner="./sherpa-onnx-streaming-zipformer-bilingual-zh-en-2023-02-20/joiner-epoch-99-avg-1.onnx",
+        num_threads=4,
+        sample_rate=16000,
+        feature_dim=80,
+        enable_endpoint_detection=True,
+        rule1_min_trailing_silence=2.4,
+        rule2_min_trailing_silence=1.2,
+        rule3_min_utterance_length=300,  # it essentially disables this rule
+    )
+    return recognizer
+
+
+def main():
+    print("Started! Please speak")
+    recognizer = create_recognizer()
+    sample_rate = 16000
+    samples_per_read = int(0.1 * sample_rate)  # 0.1 second = 100 ms
+    last_result = ""
+    stream = recognizer.create_stream()
+
+    last_result = ""
+    segment_id = 0
+    with sd.InputStream(channels=1, dtype="float32", samplerate=sample_rate) as s:
+        while True:
+            samples, _ = s.read(samples_per_read)  # a blocking read
+            samples = samples.reshape(-1)
+            stream.accept_waveform(sample_rate, samples)
+            while recognizer.is_ready(stream):
+                recognizer.decode_stream(stream)
+
+            is_endpoint = recognizer.is_endpoint(stream)
+
+            result = recognizer.get_result(stream)
+
+            if result and (last_result != result):
+                last_result = result
+                print(f"{segment_id}: {result}")
+
+            if result and is_endpoint:
+                segment_id += 1
+                recognizer.reset(stream)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    devices = sd.query_devices()
+    print(devices)
+    default_input_device_idx = sd.default.device[0]
+    print(f'Use default device: {devices[default_input_device_idx]["name"]}')
+
+    try:
+        main()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("\nCaught Ctrl + C. Exiting")

 include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
 include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 
-add_library(sherpa-onnx-core
+set(sources
   cat.cc
   cat.cc
+  endpoint.cc
   features.cc
   features.cc
   online-lstm-transducer-model.cc
   online-lstm-transducer-model.cc
   online-recognizer.cc
   online-recognizer.cc
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ add_library(sherpa-onnx-core
   online-transducer-model.cc
   online-transducer-model.cc
   online-zipformer-transducer-model.cc
   online-zipformer-transducer-model.cc
   onnx-utils.cc
   onnx-utils.cc
+  parse-options.cc
   resample.cc
   resample.cc
   symbol-table.cc
   symbol-table.cc
   text-utils.cc
   text-utils.cc
@@ -18,11 +20,29 @@ add_library(sherpa-onnx-core
   wave-reader.cc
   wave-reader.cc
 )
 )
 
 
+if(SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_CHECK)
+  list(APPEND sources log.cc)
+endif()
+
+add_library(sherpa-onnx-core ${sources})
+
 target_link_libraries(sherpa-onnx-core
 target_link_libraries(sherpa-onnx-core
   onnxruntime
   onnxruntime
   kaldi-native-fbank-core
   kaldi-native-fbank-core
 )
 )
 
 
+if(SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_CHECK)
+  target_compile_definitions(sherpa-onnx-core PUBLIC SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_CHECK=1)
+
+  if(SHERPA_ONNX_HAVE_EXECINFO_H)
+    target_compile_definitions(sherpa-onnx-core PRIVATE SHERPA_ONNX_HAVE_EXECINFO_H=1)
+  endif()
+
+  if(SHERPA_ONNX_HAVE_CXXABI_H)
+    target_compile_definitions(sherpa-onnx-core PRIVATE SHERPA_ONNX_HAVE_CXXABI_H=1)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 add_executable(sherpa-onnx sherpa-onnx.cc)
 add_executable(sherpa-onnx sherpa-onnx.cc)
 
 
 target_link_libraries(sherpa-onnx sherpa-onnx-core)
 target_link_libraries(sherpa-onnx sherpa-onnx-core)

+// sherpa-onnx/csrc/endpoint.cc
+//
+// Copyright (c)  2022  (authors: Pingfeng Luo)
+//                2022-2023  Xiaomi Corporation
+
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/endpoint.h"
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/log.h"
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/parse-options.h"
+
+namespace sherpa_onnx {
+
+static bool RuleActivated(const EndpointRule &rule,
+                          const std::string &rule_name, float trailing_silence,
+                          float utterance_length) {
+  bool contain_nonsilence = utterance_length > trailing_silence;
+  bool ans = (contain_nonsilence || !rule.must_contain_nonsilence) &&
+             trailing_silence >= rule.min_trailing_silence &&
+             utterance_length >= rule.min_utterance_length;
+  if (ans) {
+    SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(DEBUG) << "Endpointing rule " << rule_name << " activated: "
+                           << (contain_nonsilence ? "true" : "false") << ','
+                           << trailing_silence << ',' << utterance_length;
+  }
+  return ans;
+}
+
+static void RegisterEndpointRule(ParseOptions *po, EndpointRule *rule,
+                                 const std::string &rule_name) {
+  po->Register(
+      rule_name + "-must-contain-nonsilence", &rule->must_contain_nonsilence,
+      "If True, for this endpointing " + rule_name +
+          " to apply there must be nonsilence in the best-path traceback. "
+          "For decoding, a non-blank token is considered as non-silence");
+  po->Register(rule_name + "-min-trailing-silence", &rule->min_trailing_silence,
+               "This endpointing " + rule_name +
+                   " requires duration of trailing silence in seconds) to "
+                   "be >= this value.");
+  po->Register(rule_name + "-min-utterance-length", &rule->min_utterance_length,
+               "This endpointing " + rule_name +
+                   " requires utterance-length (in seconds) to be >= this "
+                   "value.");
+}
+
+std::string EndpointRule::ToString() const {
+  std::ostringstream os;
+
+  os << "EndpointRule(";
+  os << "must_contain_nonsilence="
+     << (must_contain_nonsilence ? "True" : "False") << ", ";
+  os << "min_trailing_silence=" << min_trailing_silence << ", ";
+  os << "min_utterance_length=" << min_utterance_length << ")";
+
+  return os.str();
+}
+
+void EndpointConfig::Register(ParseOptions *po) {
+  RegisterEndpointRule(po, &rule1, "rule1");
+  RegisterEndpointRule(po, &rule2, "rule2");
+  RegisterEndpointRule(po, &rule3, "rule3");
+}
+
+std::string EndpointConfig::ToString() const {
+  std::ostringstream os;
+
+  os << "EndpointConfig(";
+  os << "rule1=" << rule1.ToString() << ", ";
+  os << "rule2=" << rule2.ToString() << ", ";
+  os << "rule3=" << rule3.ToString() << ")";
+
+  return os.str();
+}
+
+bool Endpoint::IsEndpoint(int num_frames_decoded, int trailing_silence_frames,
+                          float frame_shift_in_seconds) const {
+  float utterance_length = num_frames_decoded * frame_shift_in_seconds;
+  float trailing_silence = trailing_silence_frames * frame_shift_in_seconds;
+  if (RuleActivated(config_.rule1, "rule1", trailing_silence,
+                    utterance_length) ||
+      RuleActivated(config_.rule2, "rule2", trailing_silence,
+                    utterance_length) ||
+      RuleActivated(config_.rule3, "rule3", trailing_silence,
+                    utterance_length)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+}  // namespace sherpa_onnx

+// sherpa-onnx/csrc/endpoint.h
+//
+// Copyright (c)  2022  (authors: Pingfeng Luo)
+//                2022-2023  Xiaomi Corporation
+
+#ifndef SHERPA_ONNX_CSRC_ENDPOINT_H_
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CSRC_ENDPOINT_H_
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace sherpa_onnx {
+
+struct EndpointRule {
+  // If True, for this endpointing rule to apply there must
+  // be nonsilence in the best-path traceback.
+  // For decoding, a non-blank token is considered as non-silence
+  bool must_contain_nonsilence = true;
+  // This endpointing rule requires duration of trailing silence
+  // (in seconds) to be >= this value.
+  float min_trailing_silence = 2.0;
+  // This endpointing rule requires utterance-length (in seconds)
+  // to be >= this value.
+  float min_utterance_length = 0.0f;
+
+  EndpointRule() = default;
+
+  EndpointRule(bool must_contain_nonsilence, float min_trailing_silence,
+               float min_utterance_length)
+      : must_contain_nonsilence(must_contain_nonsilence),
+        min_trailing_silence(min_trailing_silence),
+        min_utterance_length(min_utterance_length) {}
+
+  std::string ToString() const;
+};
+
+class ParseOptions;
+
+struct EndpointConfig {
+  // For default setting,
+  // rule1 times out after 2.4 seconds of silence, even if we decoded nothing.
+  // rule2 times out after 1.2 seconds of silence after decoding something.
+  // rule3 times out after the utterance is 20 seconds long, regardless of
+  // anything else.
+  EndpointRule rule1;
+  EndpointRule rule2;
+  EndpointRule rule3;
+
+  void Register(ParseOptions *po);
+
+  EndpointConfig()
+      : rule1{false, 2.4, 0}, rule2{true, 1.2, 0}, rule3{false, 0, 20} {}
+
+  EndpointConfig(const EndpointRule &rule1, const EndpointRule &rule2,
+                 const EndpointRule &rule3)
+      : rule1(rule1), rule2(rule2), rule3(rule3) {}
+
+  std::string ToString() const;
+};
+
+class Endpoint {
+ public:
+  explicit Endpoint(const EndpointConfig &config) : config_(config) {}
+
+  /// This function returns true if this set of endpointing rules thinks we
+  /// should terminate decoding.
+  bool IsEndpoint(int num_frames_decoded, int trailing_silence_frames,
+                  float frame_shift_in_seconds) const;
+
+ private:
+  EndpointConfig config_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace sherpa_onnx
+
+#endif  // SHERPA_ONNX_CSRC_ENDPOINT_H_

+// sherpa-onnx/csrc/log.cc
+//
+// Copyright (c)  2023  Xiaomi Corporation
+
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/log.h"
+
+#ifdef SHERPA_ONNX_HAVE_EXECINFO_H
+#include <execinfo.h>  // To get stack trace in error messages.
+#ifdef SHERPA_ONNX_HAVE_CXXABI_H
+#include <cxxabi.h>  // For name demangling.
+// Useful to decode the stack trace, but only used if we have execinfo.h
+#endif  // SHERPA_ONNX_HAVE_CXXABI_H
+#endif  // SHERPA_ONNX_HAVE_EXECINFO_H
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <ctime>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace sherpa_onnx {
+
+std::string GetDateTimeStr() {
+  std::ostringstream os;
+  std::time_t t = std::time(nullptr);
+  std::tm tm = *std::localtime(&t);
+  os << std::put_time(&tm, "%F %T");  // yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
+  return os.str();
+}
+
+static bool LocateSymbolRange(const std::string &trace_name, std::size_t *begin,
+                              std::size_t *end) {
+  // Find the first '_' with leading ' ' or '('.
+  *begin = std::string::npos;
+  for (std::size_t i = 1; i < trace_name.size(); ++i) {
+    if (trace_name[i] != '_') {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (trace_name[i - 1] == ' ' || trace_name[i - 1] == '(') {
+      *begin = i;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  if (*begin == std::string::npos) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  *end = trace_name.find_first_of(" +", *begin);
+  return *end != std::string::npos;
+}
+
+#ifdef SHERPA_ONNX_HAVE_EXECINFO_H
+static std::string Demangle(const std::string &trace_name) {
+#ifndef SHERPA_ONNX_HAVE_CXXABI_H
+  return trace_name;
+#else   // SHERPA_ONNX_HAVE_CXXABI_H
+  // Try demangle the symbol. We are trying to support the following formats
+  // produced by different platforms:
+  //
+  // Linux:
+  //   ./kaldi-error-test(_ZN5kaldi13UnitTestErrorEv+0xb) [0x804965d]
+  //
+  // Mac:
+  //   0 server 0x000000010f67614d _ZNK5kaldi13MessageLogger10LogMessageEv + 813
+  //
+  // We want to extract the name e.g., '_ZN5kaldi13UnitTestErrorEv' and
+  // demangle it info a readable name like kaldi::UnitTextError.
+  std::size_t begin, end;
+  if (!LocateSymbolRange(trace_name, &begin, &end)) {
+    return trace_name;
+  }
+  std::string symbol = trace_name.substr(begin, end - begin);
+  int status;
+  char *demangled_name = abi::__cxa_demangle(symbol.c_str(), 0, 0, &status);
+  if (status == 0 && demangled_name != nullptr) {
+    symbol = demangled_name;
+    free(demangled_name);
+  }
+  return trace_name.substr(0, begin) + symbol +
+         trace_name.substr(end, std::string::npos);
+#endif  // SHERPA_ONNX_HAVE_CXXABI_H
+}
+#endif  // SHERPA_ONNX_HAVE_EXECINFO_H
+
+std::string GetStackTrace() {
+  std::string ans;
+#ifdef SHERPA_ONNX_HAVE_EXECINFO_H
+  constexpr const std::size_t kMaxTraceSize = 50;
+  constexpr const std::size_t kMaxTracePrint = 50;  // Must be even.
+                                                    // Buffer for the trace.
+  void *trace[kMaxTraceSize];
+  // Get the trace.
+  std::size_t size = backtrace(trace, kMaxTraceSize);
+  // Get the trace symbols.
+  char **trace_symbol = backtrace_symbols(trace, size);
+  if (trace_symbol == nullptr) return ans;
+
+  // Compose a human-readable backtrace string.
+  ans += "[ Stack-Trace: ]\n";
+  if (size <= kMaxTracePrint) {
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
+      ans += Demangle(trace_symbol[i]) + "\n";
+    }
+  } else {  // Print out first+last (e.g.) 5.
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < kMaxTracePrint / 2; ++i) {
+      ans += Demangle(trace_symbol[i]) + "\n";
+    }
+    ans += ".\n.\n.\n";
+    for (std::size_t i = size - kMaxTracePrint / 2; i < size; ++i) {
+      ans += Demangle(trace_symbol[i]) + "\n";
+    }
+    if (size == kMaxTraceSize)
+      ans += ".\n.\n.\n";  // Stack was too long, probably a bug.
+  }
+
+  // We must free the array of pointers allocated by backtrace_symbols(),
+  // but not the strings themselves.
+  free(trace_symbol);
+#endif  // SHERPA_ONNX_HAVE_EXECINFO_H
+  return ans;
+}
+
+}  // namespace sherpa_onnx

+// sherpa-onnx/csrc/log.h
+//
+// Copyright (c)  2023  Xiaomi Corporation
+
+#ifndef SHERPA_ONNX_CSRC_LOG_H_
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CSRC_LOG_H_
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include <mutex>  // NOLINT
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace sherpa_onnx {
+
+#if SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_CHECK
+
+#if defined(NDEBUG)
+constexpr bool kDisableDebug = true;
+#else
+constexpr bool kDisableDebug = false;
+#endif
+
+enum class LogLevel {
+  kTrace = 0,
+  kDebug = 1,
+  kInfo = 2,
+  kWarning = 3,
+  kError = 4,
+  kFatal = 5,  // print message and abort the program
+};
+
+// They are used in SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(xxx), so their names
+// do not follow the google c++ code style
+//
+// You can use them in the following way:
+//
+//  SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(TRACE) << "some message";
+//  SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(DEBUG) << "some message";
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+constexpr LogLevel TRACE = LogLevel::kTrace;
+constexpr LogLevel DEBUG = LogLevel::kDebug;
+constexpr LogLevel INFO = LogLevel::kInfo;
+constexpr LogLevel WARNING = LogLevel::kWarning;
+constexpr LogLevel ERROR = LogLevel::kError;
+constexpr LogLevel FATAL = LogLevel::kFatal;
+#else
+#define TRACE LogLevel::kTrace
+#define DEBUG LogLevel::kDebug
+#define INFO LogLevel::kInfo
+#define WARNING LogLevel::kWarning
+#define ERROR LogLevel::kError
+#define FATAL LogLevel::kFatal
+#endif
+
+std::string GetStackTrace();
+
+/* Return the current log level.
+
+
+   If the current log level is TRACE, then all logged messages are printed out.
+
+   If the current log level is DEBUG, log messages with "TRACE" level are not
+   shown and all other levels are printed out.
+
+   Similarly, if the current log level is INFO, log message with "TRACE" and
+   "DEBUG" are not shown and all other levels are printed out.
+
+   If it is FATAL, then only FATAL messages are shown.
+ */
+inline LogLevel GetCurrentLogLevel() {
+  static LogLevel log_level = INFO;
+  static std::once_flag init_flag;
+  std::call_once(init_flag, []() {
+    const char *env_log_level = std::getenv("SHERPA_ONNX_LOG_LEVEL");
+    if (env_log_level == nullptr) return;
+
+    std::string s = env_log_level;
+    if (s == "TRACE")
+      log_level = TRACE;
+    else if (s == "DEBUG")
+      log_level = DEBUG;
+    else if (s == "INFO")
+      log_level = INFO;
+    else if (s == "WARNING")
+      log_level = WARNING;
+    else if (s == "ERROR")
+      log_level = ERROR;
+    else if (s == "FATAL")
+      log_level = FATAL;
+    else
+      fprintf(stderr,
+              "Unknown SHERPA_ONNX_LOG_LEVEL: %s"
+              "\nSupported values are: "
+              "TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, FATAL",
+              s.c_str());
+  });
+  return log_level;
+}
+
+inline bool EnableAbort() {
+  static std::once_flag init_flag;
+  static bool enable_abort = false;
+  std::call_once(init_flag, []() {
+    enable_abort = (std::getenv("SHERPA_ONNX_ABORT") != nullptr);
+  });
+  return enable_abort;
+}
+
+class Logger {
+ public:
+  Logger(const char *filename, const char *func_name, uint32_t line_num,
+         LogLevel level)
+      : filename_(filename),
+        func_name_(func_name),
+        line_num_(line_num),
+        level_(level) {
+    cur_level_ = GetCurrentLogLevel();
+    switch (level) {
+      case TRACE:
+        if (cur_level_ <= TRACE) fprintf(stderr, "[T] ");
+        break;
+      case DEBUG:
+        if (cur_level_ <= DEBUG) fprintf(stderr, "[D] ");
+        break;
+      case INFO:
+        if (cur_level_ <= INFO) fprintf(stderr, "[I] ");
+        break;
+      case WARNING:
+        if (cur_level_ <= WARNING) fprintf(stderr, "[W] ");
+        break;
+      case ERROR:
+        if (cur_level_ <= ERROR) fprintf(stderr, "[E] ");
+        break;
+      case FATAL:
+        if (cur_level_ <= FATAL) fprintf(stderr, "[F] ");
+        break;
+    }
+
+    if (cur_level_ <= level_) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "%s:%u:%s ", filename, line_num, func_name);
+    }
+  }
+
+  ~Logger() noexcept(false) {
+    static constexpr const char *kErrMsg = R"(
+    Some bad things happened. Please read the above error messages and stack
+    trace. If you are using Python, the following command may be helpful:
+
+      gdb --args python /path/to/your/code.py
+
+    (You can use `gdb` to debug the code. Please consider compiling
+    a debug version of sherpa_onnx.).
+
+    If you are unable to fix it, please open an issue at:
+
+      https://github.com/csukuangfj/kaldi-native-fbank/issues/new
+    )";
+    if (level_ == FATAL) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+      std::string stack_trace = GetStackTrace();
+      if (!stack_trace.empty()) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "\n\n%s\n", stack_trace.c_str());
+      }
+
+      fflush(nullptr);
+
+#ifndef __ANDROID_API__
+      if (EnableAbort()) {
+        // NOTE: abort() will terminate the program immediately without
+        // printing the Python stack backtrace.
+        abort();
+      }
+
+      throw std::runtime_error(kErrMsg);
+#else
+      abort();
+#endif
+    }
+  }
+
+  const Logger &operator<<(bool b) const {
+    if (cur_level_ <= level_) {
+      fprintf(stderr, b ? "true" : "false");
+    }
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  const Logger &operator<<(int8_t i) const {
+    if (cur_level_ <= level_) fprintf(stderr, "%d", i);
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  const Logger &operator<<(const char *s) const {
+    if (cur_level_ <= level_) fprintf(stderr, "%s", s);
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  const Logger &operator<<(int32_t i) const {
+    if (cur_level_ <= level_) fprintf(stderr, "%d", i);
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  const Logger &operator<<(uint32_t i) const {
+    if (cur_level_ <= level_) fprintf(stderr, "%u", i);
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  const Logger &operator<<(uint64_t i) const {
+    if (cur_level_ <= level_)
+      fprintf(stderr, "%llu", (long long unsigned int)i);  // NOLINT
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  const Logger &operator<<(int64_t i) const {
+    if (cur_level_ <= level_)
+      fprintf(stderr, "%lli", (long long int)i);  // NOLINT
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  const Logger &operator<<(float f) const {
+    if (cur_level_ <= level_) fprintf(stderr, "%f", f);
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  const Logger &operator<<(double d) const {
+    if (cur_level_ <= level_) fprintf(stderr, "%f", d);
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  const Logger &operator<<(const T &t) const {
+    // require T overloads operator<<
+    std::ostringstream os;
+    os << t;
+    return *this << os.str().c_str();
+  }
+
+  // specialization to fix compile error: `stringstream << nullptr` is ambiguous
+  const Logger &operator<<(const std::nullptr_t &null) const {
+    if (cur_level_ <= level_) *this << "(null)";
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  const char *filename_;
+  const char *func_name_;
+  uint32_t line_num_;
+  LogLevel level_;
+  LogLevel cur_level_;
+};
+#endif  // SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_CHECK
+
+class Voidifier {
+ public:
+#if SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_CHECK
+  void operator&(const Logger &) const {}
+#endif
+};
+#if !defined(SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_CHECK)
+template <typename T>
+const Voidifier &operator<<(const Voidifier &v, T &&) {
+  return v;
+}
+#endif
+
+}  // namespace sherpa_onnx
+
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_STATIC_ASSERT(x) static_assert(x, "")
+
+#ifdef SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_CHECK
+
+#if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__) || \
+    defined(__PRETTY_FUNCTION__)
+// for clang and GCC
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_FUNC __PRETTY_FUNCTION__
+#else
+// for other compilers
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_FUNC __func__
+#endif
+
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK(x)                                            \
+  (x) ? (void)0                                                         \
+      : ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier() &                                    \
+            ::sherpa_onnx::Logger(__FILE__, SHERPA_ONNX_FUNC, __LINE__, \
+                                  ::sherpa_onnx::FATAL)                 \
+                << "Check failed: " << #x << " "
+
+// WARNING: x and y may be evaluated multiple times, but this happens only
+// when the check fails. Since the program aborts if it fails, we don't think
+// the extra evaluation of x and y matters.
+//
+// CAUTION: we recommend the following use case:
+//
+//      auto x = Foo();
+//      auto y = Bar();
+//      SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_EQ(x, y) << "Some message";
+//
+//  And please avoid
+//
+//      SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_EQ(Foo(), Bar());
+//
+//  if `Foo()` or `Bar()` causes some side effects, e.g., changing some
+//  local static variables or global variables.
+#define _SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_OP(x, y, op)                                        \
+  ((x)op(y)) ? (void)0                                                         \
+             : ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier() &                                    \
+                   ::sherpa_onnx::Logger(__FILE__, SHERPA_ONNX_FUNC, __LINE__, \
+                                         ::sherpa_onnx::FATAL)                 \
+                       << "Check failed: " << #x << " " << #op << " " << #y    \
+                       << " (" << (x) << " vs. " << (y) << ") "
+
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_EQ(x, y) _SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_OP(x, y, ==)
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_NE(x, y) _SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_OP(x, y, !=)
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_LT(x, y) _SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_OP(x, y, <)
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_LE(x, y) _SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_OP(x, y, <=)
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_GT(x, y) _SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_OP(x, y, >)
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_GE(x, y) _SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_OP(x, y, >=)
+
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(x) \
+  ::sherpa_onnx::Logger(__FILE__, SHERPA_ONNX_FUNC, __LINE__, ::sherpa_onnx::x)
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------
+//       For debug check
+// ------------------------------------------------------------
+// If you define the macro "-D NDEBUG" while compiling kaldi-native-fbank,
+// the following macros are in fact empty and does nothing.
+
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_DCHECK(x) \
+  ::sherpa_onnx::kDisableDebug ? (void)0 : SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK(x)
+
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_DCHECK_EQ(x, y) \
+  ::sherpa_onnx::kDisableDebug ? (void)0 : SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_EQ(x, y)
+
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_DCHECK_NE(x, y) \
+  ::sherpa_onnx::kDisableDebug ? (void)0 : SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_NE(x, y)
+
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_DCHECK_LT(x, y) \
+  ::sherpa_onnx::kDisableDebug ? (void)0 : SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_LT(x, y)
+
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_DCHECK_LE(x, y) \
+  ::sherpa_onnx::kDisableDebug ? (void)0 : SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_LE(x, y)
+
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_DCHECK_GT(x, y) \
+  ::sherpa_onnx::kDisableDebug ? (void)0 : SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_GT(x, y)
+
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_DCHECK_GE(x, y) \
+  ::sherpa_onnx::kDisableDebug ? (void)0 : SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_GE(x, y)
+
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_DLOG(x)    \
+  ::sherpa_onnx::kDisableDebug \
+      ? (void)0                \
+      : ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier() & SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(x)
+
+#else
+
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK(x) ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier()
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(x) ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier()
+
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_EQ(x, y) ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier()
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_NE(x, y) ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier()
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_LT(x, y) ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier()
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_LE(x, y) ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier()
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_GT(x, y) ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier()
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_GE(x, y) ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier()
+
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_DCHECK(x) ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier()
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_DLOG(x) ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier()
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_DCHECK_EQ(x, y) ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier()
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_DCHECK_NE(x, y) ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier()
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_DCHECK_LT(x, y) ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier()
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_DCHECK_LE(x, y) ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier()
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_DCHECK_GT(x, y) ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier()
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_DCHECK_GE(x, y) ::sherpa_onnx::Voidifier()
+
+#endif  // SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_NE
+
+#endif  // SHERPA_ONNX_CSRC_LOG_H_

@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ std::string OnlineRecognizerConfig::ToString() const {
   os << "OnlineRecognizerConfig(";
   os << "OnlineRecognizerConfig(";
   os << "feat_config=" << feat_config.ToString() << ", ";
   os << "feat_config=" << feat_config.ToString() << ", ";
   os << "model_config=" << model_config.ToString() << ", ";
   os << "model_config=" << model_config.ToString() << ", ";
-  os << "tokens=\"" << tokens << "\")";
+  os << "tokens=\"" << tokens << "\", ";
+  os << "endpoint_config=" << endpoint_config.ToString() << ", ";
+  os << "enable_endpoint=" << (enable_endpoint ? "True" : "False") << ")";
 
 
   return os.str();
   return os.str();
 }
 }
@@ -47,7 +49,8 @@ class OnlineRecognizer::Impl {
   explicit Impl(const OnlineRecognizerConfig &config)
   explicit Impl(const OnlineRecognizerConfig &config)
       : config_(config),
       : config_(config),
         model_(OnlineTransducerModel::Create(config.model_config)),
         model_(OnlineTransducerModel::Create(config.model_config)),
-        sym_(config.tokens) {
+        sym_(config.tokens),
+        endpoint_(config_.endpoint_config) {
     decoder_ =
     decoder_ =
         std::make_unique<OnlineTransducerGreedySearchDecoder>(model_.get());
         std::make_unique<OnlineTransducerGreedySearchDecoder>(model_.get());
   }
   }
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ class OnlineRecognizer::Impl {
            s->NumFramesReady();
            s->NumFramesReady();
   }
   }
 
 
-  void DecodeStreams(OnlineStream **ss, int32_t n) {
+  void DecodeStreams(OnlineStream **ss, int32_t n) const {
     int32_t chunk_size = model_->ChunkSize();
     int32_t chunk_size = model_->ChunkSize();
     int32_t chunk_shift = model_->ChunkShift();
     int32_t chunk_shift = model_->ChunkShift();
 
 
@@ -111,18 +114,44 @@ class OnlineRecognizer::Impl {
     }
     }
   }
   }
 
 
-  OnlineRecognizerResult GetResult(OnlineStream *s) {
+  OnlineRecognizerResult GetResult(OnlineStream *s) const {
     OnlineTransducerDecoderResult decoder_result = s->GetResult();
     OnlineTransducerDecoderResult decoder_result = s->GetResult();
     decoder_->StripLeadingBlanks(&decoder_result);
     decoder_->StripLeadingBlanks(&decoder_result);
 
 
     return Convert(decoder_result, sym_);
     return Convert(decoder_result, sym_);
   }
   }
 
 
+  bool IsEndpoint(OnlineStream *s) const {
+    if (!config_.enable_endpoint) return false;
+    int32_t num_processed_frames = s->GetNumProcessedFrames();
+
+    // frame shift is 10 milliseconds
+    float frame_shift_in_seconds = 0.01;
+
+    // subsampling factor is 4
+    int32_t trailing_silence_frames = s->GetResult().num_trailing_blanks * 4;
+
+    return endpoint_.IsEndpoint(num_processed_frames, trailing_silence_frames,
+                                frame_shift_in_seconds);
+  }
+
+  void Reset(OnlineStream *s) const {
+    // reset result and neural network model state,
+    // but keep the feature extractor state
+
+    // reset result
+    s->SetResult(decoder_->GetEmptyResult());
+
+    // reset neural network model state
+    s->SetStates(model_->GetEncoderInitStates());
+  }
+
  private:
  private:
   OnlineRecognizerConfig config_;
   OnlineRecognizerConfig config_;
   std::unique_ptr<OnlineTransducerModel> model_;
   std::unique_ptr<OnlineTransducerModel> model_;
   std::unique_ptr<OnlineTransducerDecoder> decoder_;
   std::unique_ptr<OnlineTransducerDecoder> decoder_;
   SymbolTable sym_;
   SymbolTable sym_;
+  Endpoint endpoint_;
 };
 };
 
 
 OnlineRecognizer::OnlineRecognizer(const OnlineRecognizerConfig &config)
 OnlineRecognizer::OnlineRecognizer(const OnlineRecognizerConfig &config)
@@ -137,12 +166,18 @@ bool OnlineRecognizer::IsReady(OnlineStream *s) const {
   return impl_->IsReady(s);
   return impl_->IsReady(s);
 }
 }
 
 
-void OnlineRecognizer::DecodeStreams(OnlineStream **ss, int32_t n) {
+void OnlineRecognizer::DecodeStreams(OnlineStream **ss, int32_t n) const {
   impl_->DecodeStreams(ss, n);
   impl_->DecodeStreams(ss, n);
 }
 }
 
 
-OnlineRecognizerResult OnlineRecognizer::GetResult(OnlineStream *s) {
+OnlineRecognizerResult OnlineRecognizer::GetResult(OnlineStream *s) const {
   return impl_->GetResult(s);
   return impl_->GetResult(s);
 }
 }
 
 
+bool OnlineRecognizer::IsEndpoint(OnlineStream *s) const {
+  return impl_->IsEndpoint(s);
+}
+
+void OnlineRecognizer::Reset(OnlineStream *s) const { impl_->Reset(s); }
+
 }  // namespace sherpa_onnx
 }  // namespace sherpa_onnx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <string>
 
 
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/endpoint.h"
 #include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/features.h"
 #include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/features.h"
 #include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/online-stream.h"
 #include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/online-stream.h"
 #include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/online-transducer-model-config.h"
 #include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/online-transducer-model-config.h"
@@ -22,13 +23,21 @@ struct OnlineRecognizerConfig {
   FeatureExtractorConfig feat_config;
   FeatureExtractorConfig feat_config;
   OnlineTransducerModelConfig model_config;
   OnlineTransducerModelConfig model_config;
   std::string tokens;
   std::string tokens;
+  EndpointConfig endpoint_config;
+  bool enable_endpoint;
 
 
   OnlineRecognizerConfig() = default;
   OnlineRecognizerConfig() = default;
 
 
   OnlineRecognizerConfig(const FeatureExtractorConfig &feat_config,
   OnlineRecognizerConfig(const FeatureExtractorConfig &feat_config,
                          const OnlineTransducerModelConfig &model_config,
                          const OnlineTransducerModelConfig &model_config,
-                         const std::string &tokens)
-      : feat_config(feat_config), model_config(model_config), tokens(tokens) {}
+                         const std::string &tokens,
+                         const EndpointConfig &endpoint_config,
+                         bool enable_endpoint)
+      : feat_config(feat_config),
+        model_config(model_config),
+        tokens(tokens),
+        endpoint_config(endpoint_config),
+        enable_endpoint(enable_endpoint) {}
 
 
   std::string ToString() const;
   std::string ToString() const;
 };
 };
@@ -48,7 +57,7 @@ class OnlineRecognizer {
   bool IsReady(OnlineStream *s) const;
   bool IsReady(OnlineStream *s) const;
 
 
   /** Decode a single stream. */
   /** Decode a single stream. */
-  void DecodeStream(OnlineStream *s) {
+  void DecodeStream(OnlineStream *s) const {
     OnlineStream *ss[1] = {s};
     OnlineStream *ss[1] = {s};
     DecodeStreams(ss, 1);
     DecodeStreams(ss, 1);
   }
   }
@@ -58,9 +67,18 @@ class OnlineRecognizer {
    * @param ss Pointer array containing streams to be decoded.
    * @param ss Pointer array containing streams to be decoded.
    * @param n Number of streams in `ss`.
    * @param n Number of streams in `ss`.
    */
    */
-  void DecodeStreams(OnlineStream **ss, int32_t n);
+  void DecodeStreams(OnlineStream **ss, int32_t n) const;
 
 
-  OnlineRecognizerResult GetResult(OnlineStream *s);
+  OnlineRecognizerResult GetResult(OnlineStream *s) const;
+
+  // Return true if we detect an endpoint for this stream.
+  // Note: If this function returns true, you usually want to
+  // invoke Reset(s).
+  bool IsEndpoint(OnlineStream *s) const;
+
+  // Clear the state of this stream. If IsEndpoint(s) returns true,
+  // after calling this function, IsEndpoint(s) will return false
+  void Reset(OnlineStream *s) const;
 
 
  private:
  private:
   class Impl;
   class Impl;

@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ class OnlineStream {
 
 
   int32_t FeatureDim() const;
   int32_t FeatureDim() const;
 
 
-  // Return a reference to the number of processed frames so far.
+  // Return a reference to the number of processed frames so far
+  // before subsampling..
   // Initially, it is 0. It is always less than NumFramesReady().
   // Initially, it is 0. It is always less than NumFramesReady().
   //
   //
   // The returned reference is valid as long as this object is alive.
   // The returned reference is valid as long as this object is alive.

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ namespace sherpa_onnx {
 struct OnlineTransducerDecoderResult {
 struct OnlineTransducerDecoderResult {
   /// The decoded token IDs so far
   /// The decoded token IDs so far
   std::vector<int64_t> tokens;
   std::vector<int64_t> tokens;
+
+  /// number of trailing blank frames decoded so far
+  int32_t num_trailing_blanks = 0;
 };
 };
 
 
 class OnlineTransducerDecoder {
 class OnlineTransducerDecoder {

@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ void OnlineTransducerGreedySearchDecoder::Decode(
       if (y != 0) {
       if (y != 0) {
         emitted = true;
         emitted = true;
         (*result)[i].tokens.push_back(y);
         (*result)[i].tokens.push_back(y);
+        (*result)[i].num_trailing_blanks = 0;
+      } else {
+        ++(*result)[i].num_trailing_blanks;
       }
       }
     }
     }
     if (emitted) {
     if (emitted) {

+// sherpa-onnx/csrc/parse-options.cc
+/**
+ * Copyright 2009-2011  Karel Vesely;  Microsoft Corporation;
+ *                      Saarland University (Author: Arnab Ghoshal);
+ * Copyright 2012-2013  Johns Hopkins University (Author: Daniel Povey);
+ *                      Frantisek Skala;  Arnab Ghoshal
+ * Copyright 2013       Tanel Alumae
+ */
+
+// This file is copied and modified from kaldi/src/util/parse-options.cu
+
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/parse-options.h"
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cctype>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <limits>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/log.h"
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_STRTOLL(cur_cstr, end_cstr) \
+  _strtoi64(cur_cstr, end_cstr, 10);
+#else
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_STRTOLL(cur_cstr, end_cstr) strtoll(cur_cstr, end_cstr, 10);
+#endif
+
+namespace sherpa_onnx {
+
+/// Converts a string into an integer via strtoll and returns false if there was
+/// any kind of problem (i.e. the string was not an integer or contained extra
+/// non-whitespace junk, or the integer was too large to fit into the type it is
+/// being converted into).  Only sets *out if everything was OK and it returns
+/// true.
+template <class Int>
+bool ConvertStringToInteger(const std::string &str, Int *out) {
+  // copied from kaldi/src/util/text-util.h
+  static_assert(std::is_integral<Int>::value, "");
+  const char *this_str = str.c_str();
+  char *end = nullptr;
+  errno = 0;
+  int64_t i = SHERPA_ONNX_STRTOLL(this_str, &end);
+  if (end != this_str) {
+    while (isspace(*end)) ++end;
+  }
+  if (end == this_str || *end != '\0' || errno != 0) return false;
+  Int iInt = static_cast<Int>(i);
+  if (static_cast<int64_t>(iInt) != i ||
+      (i < 0 && !std::numeric_limits<Int>::is_signed)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  *out = iInt;
+  return true;
+}
+
+// copied from kaldi/src/util/text-util.cc
+template <class T>
+class NumberIstream {
+ public:
+  explicit NumberIstream(std::istream &i) : in_(i) {}
+
+  NumberIstream &operator>>(T &x) {
+    if (!in_.good()) return *this;
+    in_ >> x;
+    if (!in_.fail() && RemainderIsOnlySpaces()) return *this;
+    return ParseOnFail(&x);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  std::istream &in_;
+
+  bool RemainderIsOnlySpaces() {
+    if (in_.tellg() != std::istream::pos_type(-1)) {
+      std::string rem;
+      in_ >> rem;
+
+      if (rem.find_first_not_of(' ') != std::string::npos) {
+        // there is not only spaces
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    in_.clear();
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  NumberIstream &ParseOnFail(T *x) {
+    std::string str;
+    in_.clear();
+    in_.seekg(0);
+    // If the stream is broken even before trying
+    // to read from it or if there are many tokens,
+    // it's pointless to try.
+    if (!(in_ >> str) || !RemainderIsOnlySpaces()) {
+      in_.setstate(std::ios_base::failbit);
+      return *this;
+    }
+
+    std::unordered_map<std::string, T> inf_nan_map;
+    // we'll keep just uppercase values.
+    inf_nan_map["INF"] = std::numeric_limits<T>::infinity();
+    inf_nan_map["+INF"] = std::numeric_limits<T>::infinity();
+    inf_nan_map["-INF"] = -std::numeric_limits<T>::infinity();
+    inf_nan_map["INFINITY"] = std::numeric_limits<T>::infinity();
+    inf_nan_map["+INFINITY"] = std::numeric_limits<T>::infinity();
+    inf_nan_map["-INFINITY"] = -std::numeric_limits<T>::infinity();
+    inf_nan_map["NAN"] = std::numeric_limits<T>::quiet_NaN();
+    inf_nan_map["+NAN"] = std::numeric_limits<T>::quiet_NaN();
+    inf_nan_map["-NAN"] = -std::numeric_limits<T>::quiet_NaN();
+    // MSVC
+    inf_nan_map["1.#INF"] = std::numeric_limits<T>::infinity();
+    inf_nan_map["-1.#INF"] = -std::numeric_limits<T>::infinity();
+    inf_nan_map["1.#QNAN"] = std::numeric_limits<T>::quiet_NaN();
+    inf_nan_map["-1.#QNAN"] = -std::numeric_limits<T>::quiet_NaN();
+
+    std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(), str.begin(), ::toupper);
+
+    if (inf_nan_map.find(str) != inf_nan_map.end()) {
+      *x = inf_nan_map[str];
+    } else {
+      in_.setstate(std::ios_base::failbit);
+    }
+
+    return *this;
+  }
+};
+
+/// ConvertStringToReal converts a string into either float or double
+/// and returns false if there was any kind of problem (i.e. the string
+/// was not a floating point number or contained extra non-whitespace junk).
+/// Be careful- this function will successfully read inf's or nan's.
+template <typename T>
+bool ConvertStringToReal(const std::string &str, T *out) {
+  std::istringstream iss(str);
+
+  NumberIstream<T> i(iss);
+
+  i >> *out;
+
+  if (iss.fail()) {
+    // Number conversion failed.
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+ParseOptions::ParseOptions(const std::string &prefix, ParseOptions *po)
+    : print_args_(false), help_(false), usage_(""), argc_(0), argv_(nullptr) {
+  if (po != nullptr && po->other_parser_ != nullptr) {
+    // we get here if this constructor is used twice, recursively.
+    other_parser_ = po->other_parser_;
+  } else {
+    other_parser_ = po;
+  }
+  if (po != nullptr && po->prefix_ != "") {
+    prefix_ = po->prefix_ + std::string(".") + prefix;
+  } else {
+    prefix_ = prefix;
+  }
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::Register(const std::string &name, bool *ptr,
+                            const std::string &doc) {
+  RegisterTmpl(name, ptr, doc);
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::Register(const std::string &name, int32_t *ptr,
+                            const std::string &doc) {
+  RegisterTmpl(name, ptr, doc);
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::Register(const std::string &name, uint32_t *ptr,
+                            const std::string &doc) {
+  RegisterTmpl(name, ptr, doc);
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::Register(const std::string &name, float *ptr,
+                            const std::string &doc) {
+  RegisterTmpl(name, ptr, doc);
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::Register(const std::string &name, double *ptr,
+                            const std::string &doc) {
+  RegisterTmpl(name, ptr, doc);
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::Register(const std::string &name, std::string *ptr,
+                            const std::string &doc) {
+  RegisterTmpl(name, ptr, doc);
+}
+
+// old-style, used for registering application-specific parameters
+template <typename T>
+void ParseOptions::RegisterTmpl(const std::string &name, T *ptr,
+                                const std::string &doc) {
+  if (other_parser_ == nullptr) {
+    this->RegisterCommon(name, ptr, doc, false);
+  } else {
+    SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK(prefix_ != "")
+        << "prefix: " << prefix_ << "\n"
+        << "Cannot use empty prefix when registering with prefix.";
+    std::string new_name = prefix_ + '.' + name;  // name becomes prefix.name
+    other_parser_->Register(new_name, ptr, doc);
+  }
+}
+
+// does the common part of the job of registering a parameter
+template <typename T>
+void ParseOptions::RegisterCommon(const std::string &name, T *ptr,
+                                  const std::string &doc, bool is_standard) {
+  SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK(ptr != nullptr);
+  std::string idx = name;
+  NormalizeArgName(&idx);
+  if (doc_map_.find(idx) != doc_map_.end()) {
+    SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(WARNING)
+        << "Registering option twice, ignoring second time: " << name;
+  } else {
+    this->RegisterSpecific(name, idx, ptr, doc, is_standard);
+  }
+}
+
+// used to register standard parameters (those that are present in all of the
+// applications)
+template <typename T>
+void ParseOptions::RegisterStandard(const std::string &name, T *ptr,
+                                    const std::string &doc) {
+  this->RegisterCommon(name, ptr, doc, true);
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::RegisterSpecific(const std::string &name,
+                                    const std::string &idx, bool *b,
+                                    const std::string &doc, bool is_standard) {
+  bool_map_[idx] = b;
+  doc_map_[idx] =
+      DocInfo(name, doc + " (bool, default = " + ((*b) ? "true)" : "false)"),
+              is_standard);
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::RegisterSpecific(const std::string &name,
+                                    const std::string &idx, int32_t *i,
+                                    const std::string &doc, bool is_standard) {
+  int_map_[idx] = i;
+  std::ostringstream ss;
+  ss << doc << " (int, default = " << *i << ")";
+  doc_map_[idx] = DocInfo(name, ss.str(), is_standard);
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::RegisterSpecific(const std::string &name,
+                                    const std::string &idx, uint32_t *u,
+                                    const std::string &doc, bool is_standard) {
+  uint_map_[idx] = u;
+  std::ostringstream ss;
+  ss << doc << " (uint, default = " << *u << ")";
+  doc_map_[idx] = DocInfo(name, ss.str(), is_standard);
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::RegisterSpecific(const std::string &name,
+                                    const std::string &idx, float *f,
+                                    const std::string &doc, bool is_standard) {
+  float_map_[idx] = f;
+  std::ostringstream ss;
+  ss << doc << " (float, default = " << *f << ")";
+  doc_map_[idx] = DocInfo(name, ss.str(), is_standard);
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::RegisterSpecific(const std::string &name,
+                                    const std::string &idx, double *f,
+                                    const std::string &doc, bool is_standard) {
+  double_map_[idx] = f;
+  std::ostringstream ss;
+  ss << doc << " (double, default = " << *f << ")";
+  doc_map_[idx] = DocInfo(name, ss.str(), is_standard);
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::RegisterSpecific(const std::string &name,
+                                    const std::string &idx, std::string *s,
+                                    const std::string &doc, bool is_standard) {
+  string_map_[idx] = s;
+  doc_map_[idx] =
+      DocInfo(name, doc + " (string, default = \"" + *s + "\")", is_standard);
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::DisableOption(const std::string &name) {
+  if (argv_ != nullptr) {
+    SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(FATAL)
+        << "DisableOption must not be called after calling Read().";
+  }
+  if (doc_map_.erase(name) == 0) {
+    SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(FATAL) << "Option " << name
+                           << " was not registered so cannot be disabled: ";
+  }
+  bool_map_.erase(name);
+  int_map_.erase(name);
+  uint_map_.erase(name);
+  float_map_.erase(name);
+  double_map_.erase(name);
+  string_map_.erase(name);
+}
+
+int ParseOptions::NumArgs() const { return positional_args_.size(); }
+
+std::string ParseOptions::GetArg(int i) const {
+  if (i < 1 || i > static_cast<int>(positional_args_.size())) {
+    SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(FATAL) << "ParseOptions::GetArg, invalid index " << i;
+  }
+
+  return positional_args_[i - 1];
+}
+
+// We currently do not support any other options.
+enum ShellType { kBash = 0 };
+
+// This can be changed in the code if it ever does need to be changed (as it's
+// unlikely that one compilation of this tool-set would use both shells).
+static ShellType kShellType = kBash;
+
+// Returns true if we need to escape a string before putting it into
+// a shell (mainly thinking of bash shell, but should work for others)
+// This is for the convenience of the user so command-lines that are
+// printed out by ParseOptions::Read (with --print-args=true) are
+// paste-able into the shell and will run. If you use a different type of
+// shell, it might be necessary to change this function.
+// But it's mostly a cosmetic issue as it basically affects how
+// the program echoes its command-line arguments to the screen.
+static bool MustBeQuoted(const std::string &str, ShellType st) {
+  // Only Bash is supported (for the moment).
+  SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_EQ(st, kBash) << "Invalid shell type.";
+
+  const char *c = str.c_str();
+  if (*c == '\0') {
+    return true;  // Must quote empty string
+  } else {
+    const char *ok_chars[2];
+
+    // These seem not to be interpreted as long as there are no other "bad"
+    // characters involved (e.g. "," would be interpreted as part of something
+    // like a{b,c}, but not on its own.
+    ok_chars[kBash] = "[]~#^_-+=:.,/";
+
+    // Just want to make sure that a space character doesn't get automatically
+    // inserted here via an automated style-checking script, like it did before.
+    SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK(!strchr(ok_chars[kBash], ' '));
+
+    for (; *c != '\0'; ++c) {
+      // For non-alphanumeric characters we have a list of characters which
+      // are OK. All others are forbidden (this is easier since the shell
+      // interprets most non-alphanumeric characters).
+      if (!isalnum(*c)) {
+        const char *d;
+        for (d = ok_chars[st]; *d != '\0'; ++d) {
+          if (*c == *d) break;
+        }
+        // If not alphanumeric or one of the "ok_chars", it must be escaped.
+        if (*d == '\0') return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;  // The string was OK. No quoting or escaping.
+  }
+}
+
+// Returns a quoted and escaped version of "str"
+// which has previously been determined to need escaping.
+// Our aim is to print out the command line in such a way that if it's
+// pasted into a shell of ShellType "st" (only bash for now), it
+// will get passed to the program in the same way.
+static std::string QuoteAndEscape(const std::string &str, ShellType st) {
+  // Only Bash is supported (for the moment).
+  SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_EQ(st, kBash) << "Invalid shell type.";
+
+  // For now we use the following rules:
+  // In the normal case, we quote with single-quote "'", and to escape
+  // a single-quote we use the string: '\'' (interpreted as closing the
+  // single-quote, putting an escaped single-quote from the shell, and
+  // then reopening the single quote).
+  char quote_char = '\'';
+  const char *escape_str = "'\\''";  // e.g. echo 'a'\''b' returns a'b
+
+  // If the string contains single-quotes that would need escaping this
+  // way, and we determine that the string could be safely double-quoted
+  // without requiring any escaping, then we double-quote the string.
+  // This is the case if the characters "`$\ do not appear in the string.
+  // e.g. see http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/LDP/abs/html/quotingvar.html
+  const char *c_str = str.c_str();
+  if (strchr(c_str, '\'') && !strpbrk(c_str, "\"`$\\")) {
+    quote_char = '"';
+    escape_str = "\\\"";  // should never be accessed.
+  }
+
+  char buf[2];
+  buf[1] = '\0';
+
+  buf[0] = quote_char;
+  std::string ans = buf;
+  const char *c = str.c_str();
+  for (; *c != '\0'; ++c) {
+    if (*c == quote_char) {
+      ans += escape_str;
+    } else {
+      buf[0] = *c;
+      ans += buf;
+    }
+  }
+  buf[0] = quote_char;
+  ans += buf;
+  return ans;
+}
+
+// static function
+std::string ParseOptions::Escape(const std::string &str) {
+  return MustBeQuoted(str, kShellType) ? QuoteAndEscape(str, kShellType) : str;
+}
+
+int ParseOptions::Read(int argc, const char *const argv[]) {
+  argc_ = argc;
+  argv_ = argv;
+  std::string key, value;
+  int i;
+
+  // first pass: look for config parameter, look for priority
+  for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
+    if (std::strncmp(argv[i], "--", 2) == 0) {
+      if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--") == 0) {
+        // a lone "--" marks the end of named options
+        break;
+      }
+      bool has_equal_sign;
+      SplitLongArg(argv[i], &key, &value, &has_equal_sign);
+      NormalizeArgName(&key);
+      Trim(&value);
+      if (key.compare("config") == 0) {
+        ReadConfigFile(value);
+      } else if (key.compare("help") == 0) {
+        PrintUsage();
+        exit(0);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  bool double_dash_seen = false;
+  // second pass: add the command line options
+  for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
+    if (std::strncmp(argv[i], "--", 2) == 0) {
+      if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--") == 0) {
+        // A lone "--" marks the end of named options.
+        // Skip that option and break the processing of named options
+        i += 1;
+        double_dash_seen = true;
+        break;
+      }
+      bool has_equal_sign;
+      SplitLongArg(argv[i], &key, &value, &has_equal_sign);
+      NormalizeArgName(&key);
+      Trim(&value);
+      if (!SetOption(key, value, has_equal_sign)) {
+        PrintUsage(true);
+        SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(FATAL) << "Invalid option " << argv[i];
+      }
+    } else {
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // process remaining arguments as positional
+  for (; i < argc; ++i) {
+    if ((std::strcmp(argv[i], "--") == 0) && !double_dash_seen) {
+      double_dash_seen = true;
+    } else {
+      positional_args_.push_back(std::string(argv[i]));
+    }
+  }
+
+  // if the user did not suppress this with --print-args = false....
+  if (print_args_) {
+    std::ostringstream strm;
+    for (int j = 0; j < argc; ++j) strm << Escape(argv[j]) << " ";
+    strm << '\n';
+    SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(INFO) << strm.str();
+  }
+  return i;
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::PrintUsage(bool print_command_line /*=false*/) const {
+  std::ostringstream os;
+  os << '\n' << usage_ << '\n';
+  // first we print application-specific options
+  bool app_specific_header_printed = false;
+  for (auto it = doc_map_.begin(); it != doc_map_.end(); ++it) {
+    if (it->second.is_standard_ == false) {  // application-specific option
+      if (app_specific_header_printed == false) {  // header was not yet printed
+        os << "Options:" << '\n';
+        app_specific_header_printed = true;
+      }
+      os << "  --" << std::setw(25) << std::left << it->second.name_ << " : "
+         << it->second.use_msg_ << '\n';
+    }
+  }
+  if (app_specific_header_printed == true) {
+    os << '\n';
+  }
+
+  // then the standard options
+  os << "Standard options:" << '\n';
+  for (auto it = doc_map_.begin(); it != doc_map_.end(); ++it) {
+    if (it->second.is_standard_ == true) {  // we have standard option
+      os << "  --" << std::setw(25) << std::left << it->second.name_ << " : "
+         << it->second.use_msg_ << '\n';
+    }
+  }
+  os << '\n';
+  if (print_command_line) {
+    std::ostringstream strm;
+    strm << "Command line was: ";
+    for (int j = 0; j < argc_; ++j) strm << Escape(argv_[j]) << " ";
+    strm << '\n';
+    os << strm.str();
+  }
+
+  SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(INFO) << os.str();
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::PrintConfig(std::ostream &os) const {
+  os << '\n' << "[[ Configuration of UI-Registered options ]]" << '\n';
+  std::string key;
+  for (auto it = doc_map_.begin(); it != doc_map_.end(); ++it) {
+    key = it->first;
+    os << it->second.name_ << " = ";
+    if (bool_map_.end() != bool_map_.find(key)) {
+      os << (*bool_map_.at(key) ? "true" : "false");
+    } else if (int_map_.end() != int_map_.find(key)) {
+      os << (*int_map_.at(key));
+    } else if (uint_map_.end() != uint_map_.find(key)) {
+      os << (*uint_map_.at(key));
+    } else if (float_map_.end() != float_map_.find(key)) {
+      os << (*float_map_.at(key));
+    } else if (double_map_.end() != double_map_.find(key)) {
+      os << (*double_map_.at(key));
+    } else if (string_map_.end() != string_map_.find(key)) {
+      os << "'" << *string_map_.at(key) << "'";
+    } else {
+      SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(FATAL)
+          << "PrintConfig: unrecognized option " << key << "[code error]";
+    }
+    os << '\n';
+  }
+  os << '\n';
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::ReadConfigFile(const std::string &filename) {
+  std::ifstream is(filename.c_str(), std::ifstream::in);
+  if (!is.good()) {
+    SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(FATAL) << "Cannot open config file: " << filename;
+  }
+
+  std::string line, key, value;
+  int32_t line_number = 0;
+  while (std::getline(is, line)) {
+    ++line_number;
+    // trim out the comments
+    size_t pos;
+    if ((pos = line.find_first_of('#')) != std::string::npos) {
+      line.erase(pos);
+    }
+    // skip empty lines
+    Trim(&line);
+    if (line.length() == 0) continue;
+
+    if (line.substr(0, 2) != "--") {
+      SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(FATAL)
+          << "Reading config file " << filename << ": line " << line_number
+          << " does not look like a line "
+          << "from a Kaldi command-line program's config file: should "
+          << "be of the form --x=y.  Note: config files intended to "
+          << "be sourced by shell scripts lack the '--'.";
+    }
+
+    // parse option
+    bool has_equal_sign;
+    SplitLongArg(line, &key, &value, &has_equal_sign);
+    NormalizeArgName(&key);
+    Trim(&value);
+    if (!SetOption(key, value, has_equal_sign)) {
+      PrintUsage(true);
+      SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(FATAL) << "Invalid option " << line << " in config file "
+                             << filename << ": line " << line_number;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::SplitLongArg(const std::string &in, std::string *key,
+                                std::string *value,
+                                bool *has_equal_sign) const {
+  SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK(in.substr(0, 2) == "--") << in;  // precondition.
+  size_t pos = in.find_first_of('=', 0);
+  if (pos == std::string::npos) {  // we allow --option for bools
+    // defaults to empty.  We handle this differently in different cases.
+    *key = in.substr(2, in.size() - 2);  // 2 because starts with --.
+    *value = "";
+    *has_equal_sign = false;
+  } else if (pos == 2) {  // we also don't allow empty keys: --=value
+    PrintUsage(true);
+    SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(FATAL) << "Invalid option (no key): " << in;
+  } else {                         // normal case: --option=value
+    *key = in.substr(2, pos - 2);  // 2 because starts with --.
+    *value = in.substr(pos + 1);
+    *has_equal_sign = true;
+  }
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::NormalizeArgName(std::string *str) const {
+  std::string out;
+  std::string::iterator it;
+
+  for (it = str->begin(); it != str->end(); ++it) {
+    if (*it == '_') {
+      out += '-';  // convert _ to -
+    } else {
+      out += std::tolower(*it);
+    }
+  }
+  *str = out;
+
+  SHERPA_ONNX_CHECK_GT(str->length(), 0);
+}
+
+void ParseOptions::Trim(std::string *str) const {
+  const char *white_chars = " \t\n\r\f\v";
+
+  std::string::size_type pos = str->find_last_not_of(white_chars);
+  if (pos != std::string::npos) {
+    str->erase(pos + 1);
+    pos = str->find_first_not_of(white_chars);
+    if (pos != std::string::npos) str->erase(0, pos);
+  } else {
+    str->erase(str->begin(), str->end());
+  }
+}
+
+bool ParseOptions::SetOption(const std::string &key, const std::string &value,
+                             bool has_equal_sign) {
+  if (bool_map_.end() != bool_map_.find(key)) {
+    if (has_equal_sign && value == "") {
+      SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(FATAL) << "Invalid option --" << key << "=";
+    }
+    *(bool_map_[key]) = ToBool(value);
+  } else if (int_map_.end() != int_map_.find(key)) {
+    *(int_map_[key]) = ToInt(value);
+  } else if (uint_map_.end() != uint_map_.find(key)) {
+    *(uint_map_[key]) = ToUint(value);
+  } else if (float_map_.end() != float_map_.find(key)) {
+    *(float_map_[key]) = ToFloat(value);
+  } else if (double_map_.end() != double_map_.find(key)) {
+    *(double_map_[key]) = ToDouble(value);
+  } else if (string_map_.end() != string_map_.find(key)) {
+    if (!has_equal_sign) {
+      SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(FATAL)
+          << "Invalid option --" << key << " (option format is --x=y).";
+    }
+    *(string_map_[key]) = value;
+  } else {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool ParseOptions::ToBool(std::string str) const {
+  std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(), str.begin(), ::tolower);
+
+  // allow "" as a valid option for "true", so that --x is the same as --x=true
+  if ((str.compare("true") == 0) || (str.compare("t") == 0) ||
+      (str.compare("1") == 0) || (str.compare("") == 0)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if ((str.compare("false") == 0) || (str.compare("f") == 0) ||
+      (str.compare("0") == 0)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  // if it is neither true nor false:
+  PrintUsage(true);
+  SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(FATAL)
+      << "Invalid format for boolean argument [expected true or false]: "
+      << str;
+  return false;  // never reached
+}
+
+int32_t ParseOptions::ToInt(const std::string &str) const {
+  int32_t ret = 0;
+  if (!ConvertStringToInteger(str, &ret))
+    SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(FATAL) << "Invalid integer option \"" << str << "\"";
+  return ret;
+}
+
+uint32_t ParseOptions::ToUint(const std::string &str) const {
+  uint32_t ret = 0;
+  if (!ConvertStringToInteger(str, &ret))
+    SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(FATAL) << "Invalid integer option \"" << str << "\"";
+  return ret;
+}
+
+float ParseOptions::ToFloat(const std::string &str) const {
+  float ret;
+  if (!ConvertStringToReal(str, &ret))
+    SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(FATAL) << "Invalid floating-point option \"" << str << "\"";
+  return ret;
+}
+
+double ParseOptions::ToDouble(const std::string &str) const {
+  double ret;
+  if (!ConvertStringToReal(str, &ret))
+    SHERPA_ONNX_LOG(FATAL) << "Invalid floating-point option \"" << str << "\"";
+  return ret;
+}
+
+// instantiate templates
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterTmpl(const std::string &name, bool *ptr,
+                                         const std::string &doc);
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterTmpl(const std::string &name, int32_t *ptr,
+                                         const std::string &doc);
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterTmpl(const std::string &name, uint32_t *ptr,
+                                         const std::string &doc);
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterTmpl(const std::string &name, float *ptr,
+                                         const std::string &doc);
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterTmpl(const std::string &name, double *ptr,
+                                         const std::string &doc);
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterTmpl(const std::string &name,
+                                         std::string *ptr,
+                                         const std::string &doc);
+
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterStandard(const std::string &name, bool *ptr,
+                                             const std::string &doc);
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterStandard(const std::string &name,
+                                             int32_t *ptr,
+                                             const std::string &doc);
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterStandard(const std::string &name,
+                                             uint32_t *ptr,
+                                             const std::string &doc);
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterStandard(const std::string &name,
+                                             float *ptr,
+                                             const std::string &doc);
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterStandard(const std::string &name,
+                                             double *ptr,
+                                             const std::string &doc);
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterStandard(const std::string &name,
+                                             std::string *ptr,
+                                             const std::string &doc);
+
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterCommon(const std::string &name, bool *ptr,
+                                           const std::string &doc,
+                                           bool is_standard);
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterCommon(const std::string &name,
+                                           int32_t *ptr, const std::string &doc,
+                                           bool is_standard);
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterCommon(const std::string &name,
+                                           uint32_t *ptr,
+                                           const std::string &doc,
+                                           bool is_standard);
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterCommon(const std::string &name, float *ptr,
+                                           const std::string &doc,
+                                           bool is_standard);
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterCommon(const std::string &name, double *ptr,
+                                           const std::string &doc,
+                                           bool is_standard);
+template void ParseOptions::RegisterCommon(const std::string &name,
+                                           std::string *ptr,
+                                           const std::string &doc,
+                                           bool is_standard);
+
+}  // namespace sherpa_onnx

+// sherpa-onnx/csrc/parse-options.h
+//
+// Copyright (c)  2022-2023  Xiaomi Corporation
+//
+// This file is copied and modified from kaldi/src/util/parse-options.h
+
+#ifndef SHERPA_ONNX_CSRC_PARSE_OPTIONS_H_
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_CSRC_PARSE_OPTIONS_H_
+
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace sherpa_onnx {
+
+class ParseOptions {
+ public:
+  explicit ParseOptions(const char *usage)
+      : print_args_(true),
+        help_(false),
+        usage_(usage),
+        argc_(0),
+        argv_(nullptr),
+        prefix_(""),
+        other_parser_(nullptr) {
+#if !defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
+    // This is just a convenient place to set the stderr to line
+    // buffering mode, since it's called at program start.
+    // This helps ensure different programs' output is not mixed up.
+    setlinebuf(stderr);
+#endif
+    RegisterStandard("config", &config_,
+                     "Configuration file to read (this "
+                     "option may be repeated)");
+    RegisterStandard("print-args", &print_args_,
+                     "Print the command line arguments (to stderr)");
+    RegisterStandard("help", &help_, "Print out usage message");
+  }
+
+  /**
+    This is a constructor for the special case where some options are
+    registered with a prefix to avoid conflicts.  The object thus created will
+    only be used temporarily to register an options class with the original
+    options parser (which is passed as the *other pointer) using the given
+    prefix.  It should not be used for any other purpose, and the prefix must
+    not be the empty string.  It seems to be the least bad way of implementing
+    options with prefixes at this point.
+    Example of usage is:
+     ParseOptions po;  // original ParseOptions object
+     ParseOptions po_mfcc("mfcc", &po); // object with prefix.
+     MfccOptions mfcc_opts;
+     mfcc_opts.Register(&po_mfcc);
+    The options will now get registered as, e.g., --mfcc.frame-shift=10.0
+    instead of just --frame-shift=10.0
+   */
+  ParseOptions(const std::string &prefix, ParseOptions *other);
+
+  ParseOptions(const ParseOptions &) = delete;
+  ParseOptions &operator=(const ParseOptions &) = delete;
+  ~ParseOptions() = default;
+
+  void Register(const std::string &name, bool *ptr, const std::string &doc);
+  void Register(const std::string &name, int32_t *ptr, const std::string &doc);
+  void Register(const std::string &name, uint32_t *ptr, const std::string &doc);
+  void Register(const std::string &name, float *ptr, const std::string &doc);
+  void Register(const std::string &name, double *ptr, const std::string &doc);
+  void Register(const std::string &name, std::string *ptr,
+                const std::string &doc);
+
+  /// If called after registering an option and before calling
+  /// Read(), disables that option from being used.  Will crash
+  /// at runtime if that option had not been registered.
+  void DisableOption(const std::string &name);
+
+  /// This one is used for registering standard parameters of all the programs
+  template <typename T>
+  void RegisterStandard(const std::string &name, T *ptr,
+                        const std::string &doc);
+
+  /**
+    Parses the command line options and fills the ParseOptions-registered
+    variables. This must be called after all the variables were registered!!!
+
+    Initially the variables have implicit values,
+    then the config file values are set-up,
+    finally the command line values given.
+    Returns the first position in argv that was not used.
+    [typically not useful: use NumParams() and GetParam(). ]
+   */
+  int Read(int argc, const char *const *argv);
+
+  /// Prints the usage documentation [provided in the constructor].
+  void PrintUsage(bool print_command_line = false) const;
+
+  /// Prints the actual configuration of all the registered variables
+  void PrintConfig(std::ostream &os) const;
+
+  /// Reads the options values from a config file.  Must be called after
+  /// registering all options.  This is usually used internally after the
+  /// standard --config option is used, but it may also be called from a
+  /// program.
+  void ReadConfigFile(const std::string &filename);
+
+  /// Number of positional parameters (c.f. argc-1).
+  int NumArgs() const;
+
+  /// Returns one of the positional parameters; 1-based indexing for argc/argv
+  /// compatibility. Will crash if param is not >=1 and <=NumArgs().
+  ///
+  /// Note: Index is 1 based.
+  std::string GetArg(int param) const;
+
+  std::string GetOptArg(int param) const {
+    return (param <= NumArgs() ? GetArg(param) : "");
+  }
+
+  /// The following function will return a possibly quoted and escaped
+  /// version of "str", according to the current shell.  Currently
+  /// this is just hardwired to bash.  It's useful for debug output.
+  static std::string Escape(const std::string &str);
+
+ private:
+  /// Template to register various variable types,
+  /// used for program-specific parameters
+  template <typename T>
+  void RegisterTmpl(const std::string &name, T *ptr, const std::string &doc);
+
+  // Following functions do just the datatype-specific part of the job
+  /// Register boolean variable
+  void RegisterSpecific(const std::string &name, const std::string &idx,
+                        bool *b, const std::string &doc, bool is_standard);
+  /// Register int32_t variable
+  void RegisterSpecific(const std::string &name, const std::string &idx,
+                        int32_t *i, const std::string &doc, bool is_standard);
+  /// Register unsigned  int32_t variable
+  void RegisterSpecific(const std::string &name, const std::string &idx,
+                        uint32_t *u, const std::string &doc, bool is_standard);
+  /// Register float variable
+  void RegisterSpecific(const std::string &name, const std::string &idx,
+                        float *f, const std::string &doc, bool is_standard);
+  /// Register double variable [useful as we change BaseFloat type].
+  void RegisterSpecific(const std::string &name, const std::string &idx,
+                        double *f, const std::string &doc, bool is_standard);
+  /// Register string variable
+  void RegisterSpecific(const std::string &name, const std::string &idx,
+                        std::string *s, const std::string &doc,
+                        bool is_standard);
+
+  /// Does the actual job for both kinds of parameters
+  /// Does the common part of the job for all datatypes,
+  /// then calls RegisterSpecific
+  template <typename T>
+  void RegisterCommon(const std::string &name, T *ptr, const std::string &doc,
+                      bool is_standard);
+
+  /// Set option with name "key" to "value"; will crash if can't do it.
+  /// "has_equal_sign" is used to allow --x for a boolean option x,
+  /// and --y=, for a string option y.
+  bool SetOption(const std::string &key, const std::string &value,
+                 bool has_equal_sign);
+
+  bool ToBool(std::string str) const;
+  int32_t ToInt(const std::string &str) const;
+  uint32_t ToUint(const std::string &str) const;
+  float ToFloat(const std::string &str) const;
+  double ToDouble(const std::string &str) const;
+
+  // maps for option variables
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, bool *> bool_map_;
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, int32_t *> int_map_;
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, uint32_t *> uint_map_;
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, float *> float_map_;
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, double *> double_map_;
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string *> string_map_;
+
+  /**
+     Structure for options' documentation
+   */
+  struct DocInfo {
+    DocInfo() = default;
+    DocInfo(const std::string &name, const std::string &usemsg)
+        : name_(name), use_msg_(usemsg), is_standard_(false) {}
+    DocInfo(const std::string &name, const std::string &usemsg,
+            bool is_standard)
+        : name_(name), use_msg_(usemsg), is_standard_(is_standard) {}
+
+    std::string name_;
+    std::string use_msg_;
+    bool is_standard_;
+  };
+  using DocMapType = std::unordered_map<std::string, DocInfo>;
+  DocMapType doc_map_;  ///< map for the documentation
+
+  bool print_args_;     ///< variable for the implicit --print-args parameter
+  bool help_;           ///< variable for the implicit --help parameter
+  std::string config_;  ///< variable for the implicit --config parameter
+  std::vector<std::string> positional_args_;
+  const char *usage_;
+  int argc_;
+  const char *const *argv_;
+
+  /// These members are not normally used. They are only used when the object
+  /// is constructed with a prefix
+  std::string prefix_;
+  ParseOptions *other_parser_;
+
+ protected:
+  /// SplitLongArg parses an argument of the form --a=b, --a=, or --a,
+  /// and sets "has_equal_sign" to true if an equals-sign was parsed..
+  /// this is needed in order to correctly allow --x for a boolean option
+  /// x, and --y= for a string option y, and to disallow --x= and --y.
+  void SplitLongArg(const std::string &in, std::string *key, std::string *value,
+                    bool *has_equal_sign) const;
+
+  void NormalizeArgName(std::string *str) const;
+
+  /// Removes the beginning and trailing whitespaces from a string
+  void Trim(std::string *str) const;
+};
+
+/// This template is provided for convenience in reading config classes from
+/// files; this is not the standard way to read configuration options, but may
+/// occasionally be needed.  This function assumes the config has a function
+/// "void Register(ParseOptions *opts)" which it can call to register the
+/// ParseOptions object.
+template <class C>
+void ReadConfigFromFile(const std::string &config_filename, C *c) {
+  std::ostringstream usage_str;
+  usage_str << "Parsing config from "
+            << "from '" << config_filename << "'";
+  ParseOptions po(usage_str.str().c_str());
+  c->Register(&po);
+  po.ReadConfigFile(config_filename);
+}
+
+/// This variant of the template ReadConfigFromFile is for if you need to read
+/// two config classes from the same file.
+template <class C1, class C2>
+void ReadConfigsFromFile(const std::string &conf, C1 *c1, C2 *c2) {
+  std::ostringstream usage_str;
+  usage_str << "Parsing config from "
+            << "from '" << conf << "'";
+  ParseOptions po(usage_str.str().c_str());
+  c1->Register(&po);
+  c2->Register(&po);
+  po.ReadConfigFile(conf);
+}
+
+}  // namespace sherpa_onnx
+
+#endif  // SHERPA_ONNX_CSRC_PARSE_OPTIONS_H_

+// sherpa-onnx/csrc/sherpa-onnx-alsa.cc
+//
+// Copyright (c)  2022-2023  Xiaomi Corporation
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cctype>  // std::tolower
+#include <cstdint>
+
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/alsa.h"
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/display.h"
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/online-recognizer.h"
+
+bool stop = false;
+
+static void Handler(int sig) {
+  stop = true;
+  fprintf(stderr, "\nCaught Ctrl + C. Exiting...\n");
+}
+
+int main(int32_t argc, char *argv[]) {
+  if (argc < 6 || argc > 7) {
+    const char *usage = R"usage(
+Usage:
+  ./bin/sherpa-onnx-alsa \
+    /path/to/tokens.txt \
+    /path/to/encoder.onnx \
+    /path/to/decoder.onnx \
+    /path/to/joiner.onnx \
+    device_name \
+    [num_threads]
+
+Please refer to
+https://k2-fsa.github.io/sherpa/onnx/pretrained_models/index.html
+for a list of pre-trained models to download.
+
+The device name specifies which microphone to use in case there are several
+on you system. You can use
+
+  arecord -l
+
+to find all available microphones on your computer. For instance, if it outputs
+
+**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
+card 3: UACDemoV10 [UACDemoV1.0], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
+  Subdevices: 1/1
+  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
+
+and if you want to select card 3 and the device 0 on that card, please use:
+
+  hw:3,0
+
+as the device_name.
+)usage";
+
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", usage);
+    fprintf(stderr, "argc, %d\n", argc);
+
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  signal(SIGINT, Handler);
+
+  sherpa_onnx::OnlineRecognizerConfig config;
+
+  config.tokens = argv[1];
+
+  config.model_config.debug = false;
+  config.model_config.encoder_filename = argv[2];
+  config.model_config.decoder_filename = argv[3];
+  config.model_config.joiner_filename = argv[4];
+
+  const char *device_name = argv[5];
+
+  config.model_config.num_threads = 2;
+  if (argc == 7 && atoi(argv[6]) > 0) {
+    config.model_config.num_threads = atoi(argv[6]);
+  }
+
+  config.enable_endpoint = true;
+
+  config.endpoint_config.rule1.min_trailing_silence = 2.4;
+  config.endpoint_config.rule2.min_trailing_silence = 1.2;
+  config.endpoint_config.rule3.min_utterance_length = 300;
+
+  fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", config.ToString().c_str());
+
+  sherpa_onnx::OnlineRecognizer recognizer(config);
+
+  int32_t expected_sample_rate = config.feat_config.sampling_rate;
+
+  sherpa_onnx::Alsa alsa(device_name);
+  fprintf(stderr, "Use recording device: %s\n", device_name);
+
+  if (alsa.GetExpectedSampleRate() != expected_sample_rate) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "sample rate: %d != %d\n", alsa.GetExpectedSampleRate(),
+            expected_sample_rate);
+    exit(-1);
+  }
+
+  int32_t chunk = 0.1 * alsa.GetActualSampleRate();
+
+  std::string last_text;
+
+  auto stream = recognizer.CreateStream();
+
+  sherpa_onnx::Display display;
+
+  int32_t segment_index = 0;
+  while (!stop) {
+    const std::vector<float> samples = alsa.Read(chunk);
+
+    stream->AcceptWaveform(expected_sample_rate, samples.data(),
+                           samples.size());
+
+    while (recognizer.IsReady(stream.get())) {
+      recognizer.DecodeStream(stream.get());
+    }
+
+    auto text = recognizer.GetResult(stream.get()).text;
+
+    bool is_endpoint = recognizer.IsEndpoint(stream.get());
+
+    if (!text.empty() && last_text != text) {
+      last_text = text;
+
+      std::transform(text.begin(), text.end(), text.begin(),
+                     [](auto c) { return std::tolower(c); });
+
+      display.Print(segment_index, text);
+    }
+
+    if (!text.empty() && is_endpoint) {
+      ++segment_index;
+      recognizer.Reset(stream.get());
+    }
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pybind11_add_module(_sherpa_onnx
   features.cc
   features.cc
   online-transducer-model-config.cc
   online-transducer-model-config.cc
   sherpa-onnx.cc
   sherpa-onnx.cc
+  endpoint.cc
   online-stream.cc
   online-stream.cc
   online-recognizer.cc
   online-recognizer.cc
 )
 )

+// sherpa-onnx/csrc/endpoint.cc
+//
+// Copyright (c)  2023  Xiaomi Corporation
+
+#include "sherpa-onnx/python/csrc/endpoint.h"
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/endpoint.h"
+
+namespace sherpa_onnx {
+
+static constexpr const char *kEndpointRuleInitDoc = R"doc(
+Constructor for EndpointRule.
+
+Args:
+  must_contain_nonsilence:
+    If True, for this endpointing rule to apply there must be nonsilence in the
+    best-path traceback. For decoding, a non-blank token is considered as
+    non-silence.
+  min_trailing_silence:
+    This endpointing rule requires duration of trailing silence (in seconds)
+    to be ``>=`` this value.
+  min_utterance_length:
+    This endpointing rule requires utterance-length (in seconds) to
+    be ``>=`` this value.
+)doc";
+
+static constexpr const char *kEndpointConfigInitDoc = R"doc(
+If any rule in EndpointConfig is activated, it is said that an endpointing
+is detected.
+
+Args:
+  rule1:
+    By default, it times out after 2.4 seconds of silence, even if
+    we decoded nothing.
+  rule2:
+    By default, it times out after 1.2 seconds of silence after decoding
+    something.
+  rule3:
+    By default, it times out after the utterance is 20 seconds long, regardless of
+    anything else.
+)doc";
+
+static void PybindEndpointRule(py::module *m) {
+  using PyClass = EndpointRule;
+  py::class_<PyClass>(*m, "EndpointRule")
+      .def(py::init<bool, float, float>(), py::arg("must_contain_nonsilence"),
+           py::arg("min_trailing_silence"), py::arg("min_utterance_length"),
+           kEndpointRuleInitDoc)
+      .def("__str__", &PyClass::ToString)
+      .def_readwrite("must_contain_nonsilence",
+                     &PyClass::must_contain_nonsilence)
+      .def_readwrite("min_trailing_silence", &PyClass::min_trailing_silence)
+      .def_readwrite("min_utterance_length", &PyClass::min_utterance_length);
+}
+
+static void PybindEndpointConfig(py::module *m) {
+  using PyClass = EndpointConfig;
+  py::class_<PyClass>(*m, "EndpointConfig")
+      .def(
+          py::init(
+              [](float rule1_min_trailing_silence,
+                 float rule2_min_trailing_silence,
+                 float rule3_min_utterance_length) -> std::unique_ptr<PyClass> {
+                EndpointRule rule1(false, rule1_min_trailing_silence, 0);
+                EndpointRule rule2(true, rule2_min_trailing_silence, 0);
+                EndpointRule rule3(false, 0, rule3_min_utterance_length);
+
+                return std::make_unique<EndpointConfig>(rule1, rule2, rule3);
+              }),
+          py::arg("rule1_min_trailing_silence"),
+          py::arg("rule2_min_trailing_silence"),
+          py::arg("rule3_min_utterance_length"))
+      .def(py::init([](const EndpointRule &rule1, const EndpointRule &rule2,
+                       const EndpointRule &rule3) -> std::unique_ptr<PyClass> {
+             auto ans = std::make_unique<PyClass>();
+             ans->rule1 = rule1;
+             ans->rule2 = rule2;
+             ans->rule3 = rule3;
+             return ans;
+           }),
+           py::arg("rule1") = EndpointRule(false, 2.4, 0),
+           py::arg("rule2") = EndpointRule(true, 1.2, 0),
+           py::arg("rule3") = EndpointRule(false, 0, 20),
+           kEndpointConfigInitDoc)
+      .def("__str__",
+           [](const PyClass &self) -> std::string { return self.ToString(); })
+      .def_readwrite("rule1", &PyClass::rule1)
+      .def_readwrite("rule2", &PyClass::rule2)
+      .def_readwrite("rule3", &PyClass::rule3);
+}
+
+void PybindEndpoint(py::module *m) {
+  PybindEndpointRule(m);
+  PybindEndpointConfig(m);
+}
+
+}  // namespace sherpa_onnx

+// sherpa-onnx/csrc/endpoint.h
+//
+// Copyright (c)  2023  Xiaomi Corporation
+
+#ifndef SHERPA_ONNX_PYTHON_CSRC_ENDPOINT_H_
+#define SHERPA_ONNX_PYTHON_CSRC_ENDPOINT_H_
+
+#include "sherpa-onnx/python/csrc/sherpa-onnx.h"
+
+namespace sherpa_onnx {
+
+void PybindEndpoint(py::module *m);
+
+}  // namespace sherpa_onnx
+
+#endif  // SHERPA_ONNX_PYTHON_CSRC_ENDPOINT_H_

@@ -21,11 +21,15 @@ static void PybindOnlineRecognizerConfig(py::module *m) {
   using PyClass = OnlineRecognizerConfig;
   using PyClass = OnlineRecognizerConfig;
   py::class_<PyClass>(*m, "OnlineRecognizerConfig")
   py::class_<PyClass>(*m, "OnlineRecognizerConfig")
       .def(py::init<const FeatureExtractorConfig &,
       .def(py::init<const FeatureExtractorConfig &,
-                    const OnlineTransducerModelConfig &, const std::string &>(),
-           py::arg("feat_config"), py::arg("model_config"), py::arg("tokens"))
+                    const OnlineTransducerModelConfig &, const std::string &,
+                    const EndpointConfig &, bool>(),
+           py::arg("feat_config"), py::arg("model_config"), py::arg("tokens"),
+           py::arg("endpoint_config"), py::arg("enable_endpoint"))
       .def_readwrite("feat_config", &PyClass::feat_config)
       .def_readwrite("feat_config", &PyClass::feat_config)
       .def_readwrite("model_config", &PyClass::model_config)
       .def_readwrite("model_config", &PyClass::model_config)
       .def_readwrite("tokens", &PyClass::tokens)
       .def_readwrite("tokens", &PyClass::tokens)
+      .def_readwrite("endpoint_config", &PyClass::endpoint_config)
+      .def_readwrite("enable_endpoint", &PyClass::enable_endpoint)
       .def("__str__", &PyClass::ToString);
       .def("__str__", &PyClass::ToString);
 }
 }
 
 
@@ -43,7 +47,9 @@ void PybindOnlineRecognizer(py::module *m) {
            [](PyClass &self, std::vector<OnlineStream *> ss) {
            [](PyClass &self, std::vector<OnlineStream *> ss) {
              self.DecodeStreams(ss.data(), ss.size());
              self.DecodeStreams(ss.data(), ss.size());
            })
            })
-      .def("get_result", &PyClass::GetResult);
+      .def("get_result", &PyClass::GetResult)
+      .def("is_endpoint", &PyClass::IsEndpoint)
+      .def("reset", &PyClass::Reset);
 }
 }
 
 
 }  // namespace sherpa_onnx
 }  // namespace sherpa_onnx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 
 #include "sherpa-onnx/python/csrc/sherpa-onnx.h"
 #include "sherpa-onnx/python/csrc/sherpa-onnx.h"
 
 
+#include "sherpa-onnx/python/csrc/endpoint.h"
 #include "sherpa-onnx/python/csrc/features.h"
 #include "sherpa-onnx/python/csrc/features.h"
 #include "sherpa-onnx/python/csrc/online-recognizer.h"
 #include "sherpa-onnx/python/csrc/online-recognizer.h"
 #include "sherpa-onnx/python/csrc/online-stream.h"
 #include "sherpa-onnx/python/csrc/online-stream.h"
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(_sherpa_onnx, m) {
   PybindFeatures(&m);
   PybindFeatures(&m);
   PybindOnlineTransducerModelConfig(&m);
   PybindOnlineTransducerModelConfig(&m);
   PybindOnlineStream(&m);
   PybindOnlineStream(&m);
+  PybindEndpoint(&m);
   PybindOnlineRecognizer(&m);
   PybindOnlineRecognizer(&m);
 }
 }
 
 

 from _sherpa_onnx import (
 from _sherpa_onnx import (
+    EndpointConfig,
     FeatureExtractorConfig,
     FeatureExtractorConfig,
     OnlineRecognizerConfig,
     OnlineRecognizerConfig,
     OnlineStream,
     OnlineStream,

@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List
 from typing import List
 
 
 from _sherpa_onnx import (
 from _sherpa_onnx import (
-    OnlineStream,
-    OnlineTransducerModelConfig,
+    EndpointConfig,
     FeatureExtractorConfig,
     FeatureExtractorConfig,
+    OnlineRecognizer as _Recognizer,
     OnlineRecognizerConfig,
     OnlineRecognizerConfig,
+    OnlineStream,
+    OnlineTransducerModelConfig,
 )
 )
-from _sherpa_onnx import OnlineRecognizer as _Recognizer
 
 
 
 
 def _assert_file_exists(f: str):
 def _assert_file_exists(f: str):
@@ -26,6 +27,10 @@ class OnlineRecognizer(object):
         num_threads: int = 4,
         num_threads: int = 4,
         sample_rate: float = 16000,
         sample_rate: float = 16000,
         feature_dim: int = 80,
         feature_dim: int = 80,
+        enable_endpoint_detection: bool = False,
+        rule1_min_trailing_silence: int = 2.4,
+        rule2_min_trailing_silence: int = 1.2,
+        rule3_min_utterance_length: int = 20,
     ):
     ):
         """
         """
         Please refer to
         Please refer to
@@ -52,6 +57,22 @@ class OnlineRecognizer(object):
             Sample rate of the training data used to train the model.
             Sample rate of the training data used to train the model.
           feature_dim:
           feature_dim:
             Dimension of the feature used to train the model.
             Dimension of the feature used to train the model.
+          enable_endpoint_detection:
+            True to enable endpoint detection. False to disable endpoint
+            detection.
+          rule1_min_trailing_silence:
+            Used only when enable_endpoint_detection is True. If the duration
+            of trailing silence in seconds is larger than this value, we assume
+            an endpoint is detected.
+          rule2_min_trailing_silence:
+            Used only when enable_endpoint_detection is True. If we have decoded
+            something that is nonsilence and if the duration of trailing silence
+            in seconds is larger than this value, we assume an endpoint is
+            detected.
+          rule3_min_utterance_length:
+            Used only when enable_endpoint_detection is True. If the utterance
+            length in seconds is larger than this value, we assume an endpoint
+            is detected.
         """
         """
         _assert_file_exists(tokens)
         _assert_file_exists(tokens)
         _assert_file_exists(encoder)
         _assert_file_exists(encoder)
@@ -72,10 +93,18 @@ class OnlineRecognizer(object):
             feature_dim=feature_dim,
             feature_dim=feature_dim,
         )
         )
 
 
+        endpoint_config = EndpointConfig(
+            rule1_min_trailing_silence=rule1_min_trailing_silence,
+            rule2_min_trailing_silence=rule2_min_trailing_silence,
+            rule3_min_utterance_length=rule3_min_utterance_length,
+        )
+
         recognizer_config = OnlineRecognizerConfig(
         recognizer_config = OnlineRecognizerConfig(
             feat_config=feat_config,
             feat_config=feat_config,
             model_config=model_config,
             model_config=model_config,
             tokens=tokens,
             tokens=tokens,
+            endpoint_config=endpoint_config,
+            enable_endpoint=enable_endpoint_detection,
         )
         )
 
 
         self.recognizer = _Recognizer(recognizer_config)
         self.recognizer = _Recognizer(recognizer_config)
@@ -93,4 +122,10 @@ class OnlineRecognizer(object):
         return self.recognizer.is_ready(s)
         return self.recognizer.is_ready(s)
 
 
     def get_result(self, s: OnlineStream) -> str:
     def get_result(self, s: OnlineStream) -> str:
-        return self.recognizer.get_result(s).text
+        return self.recognizer.get_result(s).text.strip()
+
+    def is_endpoint(self, s: OnlineStream) -> bool:
+        return self.recognizer.is_endpoint(s)
+
+    def reset(self, s: OnlineStream) -> bool:
+        return self.recognizer.reset(s)