"""
**Author :** *Jay Krishna*
This module read (.wav) file from physical storage as a memory-
mapped file.
"""
import numpy as np
import scipy.io.wavfile
[docs]def loaddata(filename):
"""
This function opens a (.wav) format file specified by it's absolute
path and returns a memory-mapped file object.
Parameters
--------------------------
filename : string
Absolute path to (.wav) format file to be read.
Returns
--------------------------
signal : file object
Memory mapped file object of specified (.wav) file.
"""
signal = np.memmap(filename, dtype='uint8', mode='r', offset=44)
return signal