name: convert_mmf
synopsis: convert_mmf [options] [arguments]

description:
this is the the program used to convert isip states files from ascii to 
binary or from binary to ascii.

arguments: 

     -input_mode        : input file mode, ascii or binary
     -output_mode       : output file mode, binary or ascii
     -help              : display this message

example: 
   convert_mmf -input_mode ascii -output_mode binary input.text output.bin

man page: http://www.isip.msstate.edu/projects/speech/education/toolkits/asr/acoustic_models/format_conversion/convert_mmf.html
