If you whish to run the standalone version as perl program from the command line, after installing Activeperl 5.8.3 you must install additionally the modules below ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/Tk-JPEG.ppd ppm install Locale For reading the office you must install espeak from their website http://espeak.sourceforge.net/download.html Finish the installation by adding hu, mb-la1 languages to the default set. also the perl SAPI% interface from ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/Win32-SAPI5.ppd SAPI5 will be installed into perl/site/lib need an need and additional change: In GetInstalledVoice sub the line has to be expanded with the $lang = ''; statement as below: $lang = Win32::Locale::get_language(hex("0x$lang")); $lang=''; In the provided officium.exe program these modules are already included in the correct form. If you wish to implement the program in non Windows environment the voice related subs should be modified in Awebdia.pl file. For singing part of the office you must download and install MBROLA program with the latin voice http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/ The programlet offers the chant option only if the installation is successful