NIST_1A
     1024
  database_id -s8 TIDIGITS
  database_version -s3 1.0
  utterance_id -s9 dd_1233_a
  channel_count -i 1
  sample_count -i 37120
  sample_rate -i 20000
  sample_min -i -2677
  sample_max -i 2234
  sample_n_bytes -i 1
  sample_byte_format -s1 1
  sample_sig_bits -i 8
  speaker_id -s2 dd
  prompt_code -s4 1233
  utterance_production -s1 a
  recording_date -s11  9-SEP-1982
  sample_coding -s4 alaw
  extra_fld1 -s153 this_is_an_extra_long_text_field_to_make_the_sphere_header_longer_so_please_ignore_all_these_really_long_text_fields_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
  extra_fld2 -s153 this_is_an_extra_long_text_field_to_make_the_sphere_header_longer_so_please_ignore_all_these_really_long_text_fields_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
  extra_fld3 -s153 this_is_an_extra_long_text_field_to_make_the_sphere_header_longer_so_please_ignore_all_these_really_long_text_fields_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
  extra_fld4 -s103 this_is_an_extra_long_text_field_to_make_the_sphere_header_longer_so_please_ignore_all_these_really_lon
  end_head