adapt to the new data provider

deep_speech_2/decoder.py

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-"""Contains various CTC decoder."""
+"""Contains various CTC decoders."""
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-import numpy as np
+import os
 from itertools import groupby
+import numpy as np
+import kenlm
+import multiprocessing
 
 
 def ctc_best_path_decode(probs_seq, vocabulary):
@@ -36,24 +39,250 @@ def ctc_best_path_decode(probs_seq, vocabulary):
     return ''.join([vocabulary[index] for index in index_list])
 
 
-def ctc_decode(probs_seq, vocabulary, method):
-    """CTC-like sequence decoding from a sequence of likelihood probablilites.
+class Scorer(object):
+    """External defined scorer to evaluate a sentence in beam search
+               decoding, consisting of language model and word count.
 
-    :param probs_seq: 2-D list of probabilities over the vocabulary for each
-                      character. Each element is a list of float probabilities
-                      for one character.
-    :type probs_seq: list
+    :param alpha: Parameter associated with language model.
+    :type alpha: float
+    :param beta: Parameter associated with word count.
+    :type beta: float
+    :model_path: Path to load language model.
+    :type model_path: basestring
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, alpha, beta, model_path):
+        self._alpha = alpha
+        self._beta = beta
+        if not os.path.isfile(model_path):
+            raise IOError("Invaid language model path: %s" % model_path)
+        self._language_model = kenlm.LanguageModel(model_path)
+
+    # n-gram language model scoring
+    def language_model_score(self, sentence):
+        #log prob of last word
+        log_cond_prob = list(
+            self._language_model.full_scores(sentence, eos=False))[-1][0]
+        return np.power(10, log_cond_prob)
+
+    # word insertion term
+    def word_count(self, sentence):
+        words = sentence.strip().split(' ')
+        return len(words)
+
+    # execute evaluation
+    def __call__(self, sentence, log=False):
+        """Evaluation function, gathering all the scores.
+
+        :param sentence: The input sentence for evalutation
+        :type sentence: basestring
+        :param log: Whether return the score in log representation.
+        :type log: bool
+        :return: Evaluation score, in the decimal or log.
+        :rtype: float
+        """
+        lm = self.language_model_score(sentence)
+        word_cnt = self.word_count(sentence)
+        if log == False:
+            score = np.power(lm, self._alpha) \
+                    * np.power(word_cnt, self._beta)
+        else:
+            score = self._alpha * np.log(lm) \
+                    + self._beta * np.log(word_cnt)
+        return score
+
+
+def ctc_beam_search_decoder(probs_seq,
+                            beam_size,
+                            vocabulary,
+                            blank_id=0,
+                            cutoff_prob=1.0,
+                            ext_scoring_func=None,
+                            nproc=False):
+    '''Beam search decoder for CTC-trained network, using beam search with width
+    beam_size to find many paths to one label, return  beam_size labels in
+    the descending order of probabilities. The implementation is based on Prefix
+    Beam Search(https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.2873), and the unclear part is
+    redesigned.
+
+    :param probs_seq: 2-D list with length num_time_steps, each element
+                      is a list of normalized probabilities over vocabulary
+                      and blank for one time step.
+    :type probs_seq: 2-D list
+    :param beam_size: Width for beam search.
+    :type beam_size: int
     :param vocabulary: Vocabulary list.
     :type vocabulary: list
-    :param method: Decoding method name, with options: "best_path".
-    :type method: basestring
-    :return: Decoding result string.
-    :rtype: baseline
-    """
+    :param blank_id: ID of blank, default 0.
+    :type blank_id: int
+    :param cutoff_prob: Cutoff probability in pruning,
+                        default 1.0, no pruning.
+    :type cutoff_prob: float
+    :param ext_scoring_func: External defined scoring function for
+                            partially decoded sentence, e.g. word count
+                            and language model.
+    :type external_scoring_function: function
+    :param nproc: Whether the decoder used in multiprocesses.
+    :type nproc: bool
+    :return: Decoding log probabilities and result sentences in descending order.
+    :rtype: list
+    '''
+    # dimension check
     for prob_list in probs_seq:
         if not len(prob_list) == len(vocabulary) + 1:
-            raise ValueError("probs dimension mismatchedd with vocabulary")
-    if method == "best_path":
-        return ctc_best_path_decode(probs_seq, vocabulary)
-    else:
-        raise ValueError("Decoding method [%s] is not supported.")
+            raise ValueError("probs dimension mismatched with vocabulary")
+    num_time_steps = len(probs_seq)
+
+    # blank_id check
+    probs_dim = len(probs_seq[0])
+    if not blank_id < probs_dim:
+        raise ValueError("blank_id shouldn't be greater than probs dimension")
+
+    # If the decoder called in the multiprocesses, then use the global scorer
+    # instantiated in ctc_beam_search_decoder_nproc().
+    if nproc is True:
+        global ext_nproc_scorer
+        ext_scoring_func = ext_nproc_scorer
+
+    ## initialize
+    # the set containing selected prefixes
+    prefix_set_prev = {'\t': 1.0}
+    probs_b_prev, probs_nb_prev = {'\t': 1.0}, {'\t': 0.0}
+
+    ## extend prefix in loop
+    for time_step in xrange(num_time_steps):
+        # the set containing candidate prefixes
+        prefix_set_next = {}
+        probs_b_cur, probs_nb_cur = {}, {}
+        prob = probs_seq[time_step]
+        prob_idx = [[i, prob[i]] for i in xrange(len(prob))]
+        cutoff_len = len(prob_idx)
+        #If pruning is enabled
+        if (cutoff_prob < 1.0):
+            prob_idx = sorted(prob_idx, key=lambda asd: asd[1], reverse=True)
+            cutoff_len = 0
+            cum_prob = 0.0
+            for i in xrange(len(prob_idx)):
+                cum_prob += prob_idx[i][1]
+                cutoff_len += 1
+                if cum_prob >= cutoff_prob:
+                    break
+            prob_idx = prob_idx[0:cutoff_len]
+
+        for l in prefix_set_prev:
+            if not prefix_set_next.has_key(l):
+                probs_b_cur[l], probs_nb_cur[l] = 0.0, 0.0
+
+            # extend prefix by travering prob_idx
+            for index in xrange(cutoff_len):
+                c, prob_c = prob_idx[index][0], prob_idx[index][1]
+
+                if c == blank_id:
+                    probs_b_cur[l] += prob_c * (
+                        probs_b_prev[l] + probs_nb_prev[l])
+                else:
+                    last_char = l[-1]
+                    new_char = vocabulary[c]
+                    l_plus = l + new_char
+                    if not prefix_set_next.has_key(l_plus):
+                        probs_b_cur[l_plus], probs_nb_cur[l_plus] = 0.0, 0.0
+
+                    if new_char == last_char:
+                        probs_nb_cur[l_plus] += prob_c * probs_b_prev[l]
+                        probs_nb_cur[l] += prob_c * probs_nb_prev[l]
+                    elif new_char == ' ':
+                        if (ext_scoring_func is None) or (len(l) == 1):
+                            score = 1.0
+                        else:
+                            prefix = l[1:]
+                            score = ext_scoring_func(prefix)
+                        probs_nb_cur[l_plus] += score * prob_c * (
+                            probs_b_prev[l] + probs_nb_prev[l])
+                    else:
+                        probs_nb_cur[l_plus] += prob_c * (
+                            probs_b_prev[l] + probs_nb_prev[l])
+                    # add l_plus into prefix_set_next
+                    prefix_set_next[l_plus] = probs_nb_cur[
+                        l_plus] + probs_b_cur[l_plus]
+            # add l into prefix_set_next
+            prefix_set_next[l] = probs_b_cur[l] + probs_nb_cur[l]
+        # update probs
+        probs_b_prev, probs_nb_prev = probs_b_cur, probs_nb_cur
+
+        ## store top beam_size prefixes
+        prefix_set_prev = sorted(
+            prefix_set_next.iteritems(), key=lambda asd: asd[1], reverse=True)
+        if beam_size < len(prefix_set_prev):
+            prefix_set_prev = prefix_set_prev[:beam_size]
+        prefix_set_prev = dict(prefix_set_prev)
+
+    beam_result = []
+    for (seq, prob) in prefix_set_prev.items():
+        if prob > 0.0 and len(seq) > 1:
+            result = seq[1:]
+            # score last word by external scorer
+            if (ext_scoring_func is not None) and (result[-1] != ' '):
+                prob = prob * ext_scoring_func(result)
+            log_prob = np.log(prob)
+            beam_result.append([log_prob, result])
+
+    ## output top beam_size decoding results
+    beam_result = sorted(beam_result, key=lambda asd: asd[0], reverse=True)
+    return beam_result
+
+
+def ctc_beam_search_decoder_nproc(probs_split,
+                                  beam_size,
+                                  vocabulary,
+                                  blank_id=0,
+                                  cutoff_prob=1.0,
+                                  ext_scoring_func=None,
+                                  num_processes=None):
+    '''Beam search decoder using multiple processes.
+
+    :param probs_seq: 3-D list with length batch_size, each element
+                      is a 2-D list of  probabilities can be used by
+                      ctc_beam_search_decoder.
+    :type probs_seq: 3-D list
+    :param beam_size: Width for beam search.
+    :type beam_size: int
+    :param vocabulary: Vocabulary list.
+    :type vocabulary: list
+    :param blank_id: ID of blank, default 0.
+    :type blank_id: int
+    :param cutoff_prob: Cutoff probability in pruning,
+                        default 0, no pruning.
+    :type cutoff_prob: float
+    :param ext_scoring_func: External defined scoring function for
+                            partially decoded sentence, e.g. word count
+                            and language model.
+    :type external_scoring_function: function
+    :param num_processes: Number of processes, default None, equal to the
+                 number of CPUs.
+    :type num_processes: int
+    :return: Decoding log probabilities and result sentences in descending order.
+    :rtype: list
+    '''
+    if num_processes is None:
+        num_processes = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+    if not num_processes > 0:
+        raise ValueError("Number of processes must be positive!")
+
+    # use global variable to pass the externnal scorer to beam search decoder
+    global ext_nproc_scorer
+    ext_nproc_scorer = ext_scoring_func
+    nproc = True
+
+    pool = multiprocessing.Pool(processes=num_processes)
+    results = []
+    for i, probs_list in enumerate(probs_split):
+        args = (probs_list, beam_size, vocabulary, blank_id, cutoff_prob, None,
+                nproc)
+        results.append(pool.apply_async(ctc_beam_search_decoder, args))
+
+    pool.close()
+    pool.join()
+    beam_search_results = []
+    for result in results:
+        beam_search_results.append(result.get())
+    return beam_search_results