the file formats that can be read by the speech lsi utility are as follows. file format: riff waveform audio format (extension: wav) sampling frequency: 4 to 96 [khz] bit resolution: 16[bit] or 8[bit] number of channels: 1 (monaural) codec: linear pcm in addition, stereotype files with two channels will be read after being converted to monaural type by the conversion function of the speech lsi utility.