MetaFace

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 XML Standard - eXtensible Markup Language
VHML Standard - Virtual Human Markup Language
Libxml - C library for XML document parsing
The Mbrola Homepage - Binary DSP (Digital Signal Processor) available on many platforms
The Festival Speech Synthesis System - Full TTS (Text To Speech) system
Postgresql Mirror Sites - SQL (Standard Query Language) Database
Java Plugin - JRE (Java Runtime Environment) 1.3 plugin for browsers
JAXP - Java API for XML Processing
Eptamedia - Facial Animation Engines
Synthetic Speech Emotion - John Stallo's work of Text to Speech emotion

XML - is the standard being used with which VHML is being developed here at Curtin University
VHML - is the standard being used to specify everything from how the voice should sound, how the virtual human should act, and even has specifications for the knowledge bases and dialog managers.
Libxml - parses the XML metadata when needed in MetaFace's Java native libraries.
Mbrola - is used in the client software to synthesise speech being sent across the Internet in phoneme form (stay tuned for a paper).
Festival - is being used in the server software to generate speech phonemes (from text) to send to the client.
Postgresql - is used in the brain subsystem to store responses to user stimulus.
Java Plugin - is the vehicle through which MetaFace animates its selft within a web browser.
JAXP - handles XML parsing for all facets of MetaFace, including VHML documents, and Dialog Manager XML files.
Eptamedia - their facial animation software is being used as an alternative graphical frontend for comparative evaluation. See screenshots for more detail.
Synthetic Speech Emotion - John's work has been compiled into a native library for use in the MetaFace framework.