The TIMIT format has the same structure as the HTK format except that the 12-byte header contains the following
hdrSize - number of bytes in header ie 12 (2-byte integer)TIMIT format data is used only on the prototype TIMIT CD ROM.version - version number (2-byte integer)
numChannels - number of channels (2-byte integer)
sampRate - sample rate (2-byte integer)
nSamples - number of samples in file (4-byte integer)