this is an example of java speech synthesizer.. which is givin runtime err

hi..

this code i have taken from one of the site.. but its not workin.. this code also throwing the java.lang.nullpointer exception... i have load the speech api properly..

please help me..

import javax.speech.synthesis.*;

import java.util.Locale;

public class HelloWorld {

public static void main(String args[]) {

try {

// Create a synthesizer for English

Synthesizer synth = Central.createSynthesizer(

new SynthesizerModeDesc(Locale.ENGLISH));

// Get it ready to speak

synth.allocate();

synth.resume();

// Speak the "Hello world" string

synth.speakPlainText("Hello, world!", null);

// Wait till speaking is done

synth.waitEngineState(Synthesizer.QUEUE_EMPTY);

// Clean up

synth.deallocate();

} catch (Exception e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

}

}

[896 byte] By [vishaliyera] at [2007-10-3 2:43:49]