Java Speech API (JSAPI)

The Java Speech API is part of a family of APIs that work together as a suite to provide customers with enhanced graphics and extended communications capabilities. These APIs include the

• Java 2D API
• Java 3D API
• Java Advanced Imaging API
• Java Media Framework API
• Java Sound API
• Java Telephony API

The Java Speech API (JSAPI) is not part of the JDK and Sun does not ship an implementation of JSAPI. You can get JSAPI from FreeTTS (http://freetts.sourceforge.net/), an open source speech synthesizer written entirely in the Java programming language. (Or can be downloaded from other implementations)

• Then do "sudo apt-get install sharutils"
• Unzip the file and you will find the jsapi.sh
• Type chmod +x ./jsapi.sh. Type sh ./jsapi.sh and view the BCL.
• Accept it by typing "y".

The jsapi.jar file will be unpacked and deposited into the lib directory.