SoundWord


A program designed by Giuseppina Mancuso and implemented by Paola Magillo

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Instructions for installation of SoundWord


Introduction

SoundWord has been written in the Java language, version 1.2.
Thanks to this feature, SoundWord can run on any platform (e.g., Windows of Linux systems) indifferently.

Before installing SoundWord, you need to:

  1. (Mandatory) Get the Java run-time environment, version 1.2. (or higher), if not yet present.

    This is necessary in order to execute the SoundWord program.

  2. (Optional) Have an audio board installed.

    This is not necessary to execute the SoundWord program, but it is necessary in order to listen to the produced music. Without it, you can still execute SoundWord, visualize the music and save it to a Midi file. Those files could be played on another computer.

Before listing the instructions for installing SoundWord, we report some information about Java. Among them, we also report some internet addresses: we remark that the addresses we report are neither all, nor the best resources available in the network on this subject. We disclaim any responsability for what concerns the content of the sites (managed by other people) we mention!

Java run-time environment

Java is a programming language that has been especially designed for the distribution of programs through the network with the maximum compatibility between machines with different operating systems. A program written in Java (i.e., SoundWord) exist in only one version, which can be executed on any machine with any operating system (various versions of Windows, Linux, Solaris...). In order to execute a Java program, you need to have the Java run-time environment installed. The Java run-time environment contains, among other things, the Java interpreter (invoked through the command java), that is needed to execute any program written in Java. Such environment exists in various versions for the various operating systems. Many of these versions are available for free on the network. For instance: Installing Java is very simple and it is explained in the instructions for installation that are distributed together with the product. Typically, you just have to uncompress the package you have downloaded, place it in a directory (under Windows you simply have to run an executable file), and then notify the system such directory in such a way that the system will look there for the java command.

Installing SoundWord

SoundWord is given as a compresses archive (SOUNDWRD.ZIP) with a related instruction file (readme.txt).

Follow the instructions contained in readme.txt to uncompress the archive SOUNDWRD.ZIP under a directory of your choice (i.e., C:\SoundWord for Windows users). This will create two subdirectories:

In order to execute SoundWord, it is sufficient to switch to the command line (the MS-DOS prompt for Windows users) and type:
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