just upgraded to freetts 1.2b2 in order to incorporate the ultra-lean and cool code example as posted by plamere. couldn't be easier and i was able to remove earlier implementation kruft in the process. less is more. i like that! I'll spin out a new jnlp build shortly.

now, to find the analogous sphinx exemplary code and inline it as well ... picking up where i left of pre j1.

Java == platform independence
XML == application independence
JXTA == network independence

Secure End-to-End Computing

in my ears: Tricky/Maxinquaye/Ponderosa