From f71e32735ffdbc05ee60397ef823ba2cdf15a843 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Reuben Morais <reuben.morais@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2021 16:55:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add a more explicit error message when alphabet is not
 specified

---
 training/coqui_stt_training/train.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/training/coqui_stt_training/train.py b/training/coqui_stt_training/train.py
index 22baa57c..6be4ef55 100644
--- a/training/coqui_stt_training/train.py
+++ b/training/coqui_stt_training/train.py
@@ -1259,6 +1259,10 @@ def early_training_checks():
             "for loading and saving."
         )
 
+    if not Config.alphabet_config_path and not Config.bytes_output_mode:
+        log_error("Missing --alphabet_config_path flag, can't continue")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
 
 def main():
     initialize_globals_from_cli()