Problem Running Hello.java

Question

Hi All,
I am facing problem to run Hello.java.
The following exception accurs when I try to run it.
java.lang.RuntimeException: RegOpenKeyEx: The system cannot find the file specified. (2)
     at com.ibm.speech.recognition.RecoImpl.initialize(Native Method)
     at com.ibm.speech.recognition.RecoImpl.<init>(RecoImpl.java:163)
     at com.ibm.speech.recognition.RecoImpl.make(RecoImpl.java:103)
     at com.ibm.speech.recognition.IBMEngineCentral.makeModes(IBMEngineCentral.java:112)
     at com.ibm.speech.recognition.IBMEngineCentral.createEngineList(IBMEngineCentral.java:179)
     at javax.speech.Central.availableRecognizers(Central.java:455)
     at javax.speech.Central.createRecognizer(Central.java:343)
     at hello.Hello.main(Hello.java:170)
java.lang.NullPointerException
     at hello.Hello.main(Hello.java:171)
Can any body tell me what should I do.
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
Haider Ali

Answer 1

The solution is simple, but only once have I seen it up in the forums, so I am on a campaign to put it in a couple more places.
Solution: download the via voice runtime from IBM's Alphaworks website. I don't have the link handy, but it is pretty easy to find. Something like http://alphaworks.ibm.com.
Just make sure you not only get all of the SDKs and such, but also the ACTUAL runtime. They say something about needing the runtime on the download page, but it is in the fine print. It is 'VVRTDUS10.ZIP' and is around 170MB or so. Once installed, if you still have a problem, try putting the 'bin' directory in the via voice folder in your PATH (not CLASSPATH) environment variable.
That did the trick for me.
Bye now.