diff --git a/.vs/acoustic_model/v15/.suo b/.vs/acoustic_model/v15/.suo
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diff --git a/acoustic_model/acoustic_model.py b/acoustic_model/acoustic_model.py
index 8b13789..02cc66a 100644
--- a/acoustic_model/acoustic_model.py
+++ b/acoustic_model/acoustic_model.py
@@ -1 +1,66 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import configparser
+import subprocess
 
+
+## ======================= user define =======================
+repo_dir = 'C:\\Users\\Aki\\source\\repos\\acoustic_model'
+curr_dir = repo_dir + '\\acoustic_model'
+config_ini = curr_dir + '\\config.ini'
+output_dir = 'd:\\OneDrive\\Research\\rug\\experiments\\friesian\\acoustic_model'
+
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]), curr_dir))
+
+
+import acoustic_model_functions as am_func
+
+
+## ======================= load variables =======================
+
+config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+config.sections()
+config.read(config_ini)
+
+config_hcopy = config['Settings']['config_hcopy']
+config_train = config['Settings']['config_train']
+FAME_dir	 = config['Settings']['FAME_dir']
+
+dataset_list = ['devel', 'test', 'train']
+
+
+## ======================= extract features =======================
+##dataset = dataset_list[0]
+#for dataset in dataset_list:
+#	print(dataset)
+	
+	## make a script file for HCopy 
+	#hcopy_scp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w', delete=False)
+	#hcopy_scp.close()
+
+	## using the wav_scp in FAME! corpus
+	#feature_dir = output_dir + '\\mfc\\' + dataset
+	#am_func.make_hcopy_scp_from_filelist_in_fame(FAME_dir, dataset, feature_dir, hcopy_scp.name)
+
+	## extract features
+	#subprocessStr = 'HCopy -C ' + config_hcopy + ' -S ' + hcopy_scp.name
+	#subprocess.call(subprocessStr, shell=True)
+
+	#os.remove(hcopy_scp.name)
+
+
+## ======================= make a list of features =======================
+##dataset = dataset_list[2]
+#for dataset in dataset_list:
+#	print(dataset)
+
+#	feature_dir = output_dir + '\\mfc\\' + dataset
+#	hcompv_scp  = output_dir + '\\scp\\' + dataset + '.scp'
+
+#	am_func.make_filelist(feature_dir, hcompv_scp)
+
+
+## ======================= check the phonemes used in the lexicon =======================
+lex_file = FAME_dir + '\\lexicon\\lex.asr'
+phonelist = am_func.get_phonelist(lex_file)
diff --git a/acoustic_model/acoustic_model.pyproj b/acoustic_model/acoustic_model.pyproj
index 8409525..1e3bf0a 100644
--- a/acoustic_model/acoustic_model.pyproj
+++ b/acoustic_model/acoustic_model.pyproj
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="acoustic_model.py" />
+    <Compile Include="acoustic_model_functions.py">
+      <SubType>Code</SubType>
+    </Compile>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="config.ini" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\Python Tools\Microsoft.PythonTools.targets" />
   <!-- Uncomment the CoreCompile target to enable the Build command in