Help on a C5416 DSK

Hello,

I'm working on a TMS320VC5416 DSK.

I'm trying to get text input into the DSK, perform text to speech conversion (I'm trying to use flite, http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/flite/ )

and output it through the DSK's line out. It's basically a text to speech process.

I am lost as to where I should start, however, and I'm not even sure if

flite actually installs on a DSP.

Another question is, can the DSK work without any peripherals? The main coding interface would be PC thru USB, but can the

DSK be coded using something else, and can it be programmed to do something automatically with just the power on?

Help would be greatly appreciated.