
.. _fst:

Finite State Transducers
========================

.. warning::

   Still under construction, I hope to fill these sections out as I have time.

.. seealso::

   `OpenFst Quick Tour <https://www.openfst.org/twiki/bin/view/FST/FstQuickTour>`_

.. _acceptor:

Acceptors
---------

.. _wfst:

Weighted Finite State Transducers
---------------------------------


.. _lexicon_fst:

Lexicon FSTs
============

MFA compiles input pronunciation dictionaries to a Weighted Finite State Transducer (:term:`WFST`), with phones as input symbols and words as output symbols.  During alignment, the :term:`lexicon FST` is composed with a linear acceptor created from the

.. _grammar_fst:

Grammar FSTs
============

.. _g2p_fst:

G2P FSTs
========
