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13. SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics). Transforming XML to graphics.

Lecture notes
- Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) by Gerald Bauer
- Introduction to Scalable Vector Graphics by Nicholas Chase (IBM)
Further reading
- SVG 1.1 Specification (W3C)
- Transforming XML to SVG by Doug Tidwell (IBM)
Practical work (Linux)
- Copy the shell script clt232-squiggle to your directory.
  Make it executable (chmod +x clt232-squiggle).
  This script runs the Squiggle SVG Browser, which is part of the open source Java Batik SVG Toolkit.
- Copy Tidwell's sonnet-svg.xsl (updated by G. Wilcock) to your directory.
  Transform the sonnet from XML to SVG by
  ./clt232-xalan -in sonnet130.xml -xsl sonnet-svg.xsl -out sonnet130.svg
  View the SVG version of the sonnet in Squiggle by
  ./clt232-squiggle sonnet130.svg
- Copy Chase's examples rectangle.svg, path.svg, shapes.svg, text.svg, gradients.svg to your directory. View the files in Squiggle.
- Using Emacs, make small changes to the SVG files in Chase's examples and view the results in Squiggle. (All Chase's examples are available here).

Lecture notes
- Java Speech API Markup Language (JSML) (Sun)
- Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) (W3C)
Further reading
- Getting started with VoiceXML 2.0 by Dave Raggett (W3C)
Practical work (Linux)
- Copy sonnet-jsml.xsl (by G. Wilcock) to your directory.
  Transform the sonnet from XML to JSML by
  ./clt232-xalan -in sonnet130.xml -xsl sonnet-jsml.xsl -out sonnet130.jsml
- Copy the shell script clt232-freetts to your directory.
  Make it executable (chmod +x clt232-freetts).
  This script runs FreeTTS, an open source Java speech synthesizer.
- Copy the file speech.properties to your "home directory.
- Do this part on your workstation (not on venus), using headphones.
  Start the FreeTTS Player by
  ./clt232-freetts &
  In the FreeTTS Player window, select File -> Speak -> JSML File... and browse to your sonnet130.jsml file.