diff --git a/python-api-examples/online-websocket-client-decode-file.py b/python-api-examples/online-websocket-client-decode-file.py
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+++ b/python-api-examples/online-websocket-client-decode-file.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright (c)  2023  Xiaomi Corporation
+
+"""
+A websocket client for sherpa-onnx-online-websocket-server
+
+Usage:
+    ./online-websocket-client-decode-file.py \
+      --server-addr localhost \
+      --server-port 6006 \
+      --seconds-per-message 0.1 \
+      --samples-per-message 8000 \
+      /path/to/foo.wav
+
+(Note: You have to first start the server before starting the client)
+
+You can find the server at
+https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/blob/master/sherpa-onnx/csrc/online-websocket-server.cc
+
+Note: The server is implemented in C++.
+
+There is also a C++ version of the client. Please see
+https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/blob/master/sherpa-onnx/csrc/online-websocket-client.cc
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import asyncio
+import logging
+import time
+import wave
+
+try:
+    import websockets
+except ImportError:
+    print("please run:")
+    print("")
+    print("  pip install websockets")
+    print("")
+    print("before you run this script")
+    print("")
+
+import numpy as np
+
+
+def read_wave(wave_filename: str) -> np.ndarray:
+    """
+    Args:
+      wave_filename:
+        Path to a wave file. Its sampling rate has to be 16000.
+        It should be single channel and each sample should be 16-bit.
+    Returns:
+      Return a 1-D float32 tensor.
+    """
+
+    with wave.open(wave_filename) as f:
+        assert f.getframerate() == 16000, f.getframerate()
+        assert f.getnchannels() == 1, f.getnchannels()
+        assert f.getsampwidth() == 2, f.getsampwidth()  # it is in bytes
+        num_samples = f.getnframes()
+        samples = f.readframes(num_samples)
+        samples_int16 = np.frombuffer(samples, dtype=np.int16)
+        samples_float32 = samples_int16.astype(np.float32)
+
+        samples_float32 = samples_float32 / 32768
+        return samples_float32
+
+
+def get_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--server-addr",
+        type=str,
+        default="localhost",
+        help="Address of the server",
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--server-port",
+        type=int,
+        default=6006,
+        help="Port of the server",
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--samples-per-message",
+        type=int,
+        default=8000,
+        help="Number of samples per message",
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--seconds-per-message",
+        type=float,
+        default=0.1,
+        help="We will simulate that the duration of two messages is of this value",
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "sound_file",
+        type=str,
+        help="The input sound file. Must be wave with a single channel, 16kHz "
+        "sampling rate, 16-bit of each sample.",
+    )
+
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+async def receive_results(socket: websockets.WebSocketServerProtocol):
+    last_message = ""
+    async for message in socket:
+        if message != "Done!":
+            last_message = message
+            logging.info(message)
+        else:
+            return last_message
+
+
+async def run(
+    server_addr: str,
+    server_port: int,
+    wave_filename: str,
+    samples_per_message: int,
+    seconds_per_message: float,
+):
+    data = read_wave(wave_filename)
+
+    async with websockets.connect(
+        f"ws://{server_addr}:{server_port}"
+    ) as websocket:  # noqa
+        logging.info(f"Sending {wave_filename}")
+
+        receive_task = asyncio.create_task(receive_results(websocket))
+
+        start = 0
+        while start < data.shape[0]:
+            end = start + samples_per_message
+            end = min(end, data.shape[0])
+            d = data.data[start:end].tobytes()
+
+            await websocket.send(d)
+
+            await asyncio.sleep(seconds_per_message)  # in seconds
+
+            start += samples_per_message
+
+        # to signal that the client has sent all the data
+        await websocket.send("Done")
+
+        decoding_results = await receive_task
+        logging.info(f"\nFinal result is:\n{decoding_results}")
+
+
+async def main():
+    args = get_args()
+    logging.info(vars(args))
+
+    server_addr = args.server_addr
+    server_port = args.server_port
+    samples_per_message = args.samples_per_message
+    seconds_per_message = args.seconds_per_message
+
+    await run(
+        server_addr=server_addr,
+        server_port=server_port,
+        wave_filename=args.sound_file,
+        samples_per_message=samples_per_message,
+        seconds_per_message=seconds_per_message,
+    )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    formatter = (
+        "%(asctime)s %(levelname)s [%(filename)s:%(lineno)d] %(message)s"  # noqa
+    )
+    logging.basicConfig(format=formatter, level=logging.INFO)
+    asyncio.run(main())
diff --git a/python-api-examples/online-websocket-client-microphone.py b/python-api-examples/online-websocket-client-microphone.py
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index 00000000..4d8966c4
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+++ b/python-api-examples/online-websocket-client-microphone.py
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright (c)  2023  Xiaomi Corporation
+
+"""
+A websocket client for sherpa-onnx-online-websocket-server
+
+Usage:
+    ./online-websocket-client-microphone.py \
+      --server-addr localhost \
+      --server-port 6006
+
+(Note: You have to first start the server before starting the client)
+
+You can find the server at
+https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/blob/master/sherpa-onnx/csrc/online-websocket-server.cc
+
+Note: The server is implemented in C++.
+
+There is also a C++ version of the client. Please see
+https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/blob/master/sherpa-onnx/csrc/online-websocket-client.cc
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import asyncio
+import time
+
+import numpy as np
+
+try:
+    import sounddevice as sd
+except ImportError as e:
+    print("Please install sounddevice first. You can use")
+    print()
+    print("  pip install sounddevice")
+    print()
+    print("to install it")
+    sys.exit(-1)
+
+try:
+    import websockets
+except ImportError:
+    print("please run:")
+    print("")
+    print("  pip install websockets")
+    print("")
+    print("before you run this script")
+    print("")
+    sys.exit(-1)
+
+
+def get_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--server-addr",
+        type=str,
+        default="localhost",
+        help="Address of the server",
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--server-port",
+        type=int,
+        default=6006,
+        help="Port of the server",
+    )
+
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+async def inputstream_generator(channels=1):
+    """Generator that yields blocks of input data as NumPy arrays.
+
+    See https://python-sounddevice.readthedocs.io/en/0.4.6/examples.html#creating-an-asyncio-generator-for-audio-blocks
+    """
+    q_in = asyncio.Queue()
+    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+
+    def callback(indata, frame_count, time_info, status):
+        loop.call_soon_threadsafe(q_in.put_nowait, (indata.copy(), status))
+
+    devices = sd.query_devices()
+    print(devices)
+    default_input_device_idx = sd.default.device[0]
+    print(f'Use default device: {devices[default_input_device_idx]["name"]}')
+    print()
+    print("Started! Please speak")
+
+    stream = sd.InputStream(
+        callback=callback,
+        channels=channels,
+        dtype="float32",
+        samplerate=16000,
+        blocksize=int(0.05 * 16000),  # 0.05 seconds
+    )
+    with stream:
+        while True:
+            indata, status = await q_in.get()
+            yield indata, status
+
+
+async def receive_results(socket: websockets.WebSocketServerProtocol):
+    last_message = ""
+    async for message in socket:
+        if message != "Done!":
+            if last_message != message:
+                last_message = message
+
+                if last_message:
+                    print(last_message)
+        else:
+            return last_message
+
+
+async def run(
+    server_addr: str,
+    server_port: int,
+):
+    async with websockets.connect(
+        f"ws://{server_addr}:{server_port}"
+    ) as websocket:  # noqa
+        receive_task = asyncio.create_task(receive_results(websocket))
+        print("Started! Please Speak")
+
+        async for indata, status in inputstream_generator():
+            if status:
+                print(status)
+            indata = indata.reshape(-1)
+            indata = np.ascontiguousarray(indata)
+            await websocket.send(indata.tobytes())
+
+        decoding_results = await receive_task
+        print("\nFinal result is:\n{decoding_results}")
+
+
+async def main():
+    args = get_args()
+    print(vars(args))
+
+    server_addr = args.server_addr
+    server_port = args.server_port
+
+    await run(
+        server_addr=server_addr,
+        server_port=server_port,
+    )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        asyncio.run(main())
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("\nCaught Ctrl + C. Exiting")
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/python/sherpa_onnx/online_recognizer.py b/sherpa-onnx/python/sherpa_onnx/online_recognizer.py
index 92fd53c1..265f0d1e 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/python/sherpa_onnx/online_recognizer.py
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/python/sherpa_onnx/online_recognizer.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# Copyright (c)  2023  Xiaomi Corporation
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List