HOW TO START MARY FROM ECLIPSE

Initial Setup:

• Install JDK from ​http://java.sun.com/

• Install Eclipse Classic from ​http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

• Install a Subversion client from ​http://subversion.tigris.org/getting.html

• Install the Subversive Eclipse plugin as detailed here: ​http://www.polarion.com/products/svn/subversive/download.php?src=eclipse

How to import Mary into Eclipse

When ready with all setups installed on your system,

• Open Eclipse

• Then click on File > Import

• Under SVN select Project from SVN and click Next

• Create new repository location so that you can checkout a project from SVN repository.

• Click Next and type the https://mary.opendfki.de/repos/ in the URL column and click Next

• Now to select a resource, which will be checked out on a project, type https://mary.opendfki.de/repos/trunk under URL tab or Browse to trunk and then click Next and Finish.

• By this time you should be able to see OpenMary in Eclipse

Mandatory Eclipse Configuration

Open Eclipse Preferences from Windows > Preferences in the menu (Eclipse > Preferences under Mac OS), try the following changes:

1. Java > Installed JREs you should (if possible) select JRE 1.5 by checking "java-1.5" (Linux), "jre5" (Windows), or "JVM 1.5" (Mac OS) or similar. Close the preferences.
2. From the menu, open Run > Run configurations
3. Click New in order to add a new Java Application. Now provide the following information:
   1. Name: InstallerGUI
   2. In the Main tab, set
      1. Project: OpenMary
      2. Main class: marytts.tools.install.InstallerGUI
   3. In the Arguments tab, set
      1. VM arguments: -Dmary.base=${workspace_loc:OpenMary}
   4. Click Apply to save these settings.
4. Click New again to add another Java Application.
   1. Name: Mary
   2. In the Main tab, set
      1. Project: OpenMary
      2. Main class: marytts.server.Mary
   3. In the Arguments tab, set
      1. VM arguments: -Xmx256m -Dmary.base=${workspace_loc:OpenMary} -ea
      2. To have debugging information displayed in Eclipse, also add: -Dlog.tofile=false -Dlog.level=debug
   4. Click Apply to save these settings.

Running the MARY TTS Installer to Install Voice

• Run the InstallerGUI Java application configured above.

• Now you can see the MARY TTS Installer pop up

• Click on the Update to refresh the list of available languages and voices

• Select the language and voice of your choice and click Install selected (at least one voice must be installed)

• Finish by clicking Quit

Running MARY

• Run the Mary Java application configured above.

• Once the MARY server is running, either run the MARY client (marytts.client.MaryGUIClient) as a Java application, or open the URL ​http://localhost:59125/ in your web browser.