Java Applet to Read passed variable from php pages

[i'mhighdef]

I am making a java applet that will literally read (text-to-speech) the word passed by a Php page..

this is trial code in php (i made a simple one first to make it easier to look for the error)
<? $readme="hello hello hello"; ?>
<applet code="HelloWorld.class">
<param name="readme" value="<?php echo $readme; ?>" />
</applet>

then this is the code form my java program..
public class HelloWorld extends Applet {
public static void main(String args[]) throws NullPointerException
{
try
{
Synthesizer synth;
synth = Central.createSynthesizer( new SynthesizerModeDesc(Locale.ENGLISH));
synth.allocate () ;
synth.resume () ;

String readme = this.getParameter("readme");
synth.speakPlainText ( readme, null ) ;
synth.waitEngineState ( Synthesizer.QUEUE_EMPTY ) ;
synth.deallocate();
}
catch(Exception r)
{
r.printStackTrace();
}
}
}


i tried running it on localhost and it does not produce an audio that is supposed to be the word passed from the php page.. PLS HELP :{

[cultclassic]

What does the stack trace say?