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Install SMT decoder Moses on WinXP - Part 2

In the second part of this series, we're going to install the SRI Language Modeling Toolkit (SRILM). Read Installing SMT decoder Moses on WinXP - Part 1 . Install SRILM Note: For purposes of this tutorial, we're going to assume the following directories: Cygwin installation directory : c:\cygwin SRILM installation directory : c:\cygwin\mysmts\srilm So from the Cygwin shell, the SRILM directory will be [me@cygwin /mysmts/srilm] $ Download SRILM to your Cygwin drive. (e.g. c:\cygwin\home\<yourname>) Add SRILM to Cygwin bash path Edit "c:\cygwin\home\<yourname>\.bashrc" and add the following lines (replace with own directories as necessary): export PATH=$PATH:/mysmts/srilm/bin:/mysmts/srilm/bin/cygwin export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/mysmts/srilm/man Extract SRILM Create folder and extract the srilm.tgz archive $ mkdir –p /mysmts/srilm $ cd /mysmts/srilm $ tar zxvf /home/<yourname>/srilm.tgz $ chmod –R u+w * Compile SRILM Check that the system is correctly id...

WMP mini mode not available on XP 64-bit

Just a quick note to anyone else who might be trying to get Windows Media Player (10 & 11) to work in the 64-bit version of Windows XP Pro: the official statement from Microsoft is The mini Player mode is not functional on x64 computers. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490863.aspx While I can live without the function, it does make you wonder about Microsoft's commitment to their product lines...