Microsoft Agent Downloads

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Microsoft Corporation

March 1, 1999

New releases of the Speech Recognition Engine and Control Panel. Details.

Contents
Microsoft Agent and language support
Microsoft Agent character files
Text-to-speech engines
Speech recognition engines
Speech control panel

Downloading and installing any Microsoft Agent components for your own use on a single machine is allowed by, and subject to, the terms of the End-User License Agreement.

Microsoft Agent and language support:

You should verify that your system meets the minimal system requirements before downloading Microsoft Agent.

Download and install the core components of Microsoft Agent by clicking the link below.

Download the Microsoft Agent core components (.exe file, 395K)

Language components (DLLs) add dialogs, windows, tooltips, and balloon text in an additional language to the U.S. English core components. To add a language to the core components, select it from the list below and click the download link.

Select a language Arabic (.exe file, 259K) French (.exe file, 129K) German (.exe file, 129K) Hebrew (.exe file, 259K) Italian (.exe file, 128K) Japanese (.exe file, 128K) Korean (.exe file, 128K) Simplified Chinese (.exe file, 127K) Spanish (.exe file, 128K) Traditional Chinese (.exe file, 127K)

Download selected language

Can't find a language? Check back later. We're adding more languages in the near future.

Microsoft Agent character files

You can use the following character files with Microsoft Agent. Note that which characters appear may depend on the application or web page you are using.

Select a character Genie(.exe file, 1.6MB) Merlin (.exe file, 1.8MB) Robby (.exe file, 2.2MB) Peedy(.exe file, 3.3MB)

Download selected character

Text-to-speech engines:

Text-to-speech engines provide speech output capabilities for Microsoft Agent and the Agent Character Editor. In the list below, select one of the available text-to-speech engines, then click the download link. (Note that you must also install the language pack for that language.)

Select a text-to-speech engine Lernout & Hauspie® TruVoice Text-To-Speech Engine - English (.exe file, 1MB)

Download selected engine

Can't find a language? Check back later; we're adding text-to-speech engines for more languages in the near future. You can also check out other third-party speech engines that support Agent; they may have the language you’re looking for.

Speech recognition engines:

Speech recognition engines provide speech input capabilities for Microsoft Agent. At this time Microsoft provides a single U.S. English speech recognition engine for use with Microsoft Agent. To use this engine you should have a Pentium 120-MHz PC (or faster). Click the link below to download this speech engine.

Download the Microsoft® Speech Recognition Engine (.exe file, 6 MB).

Speech control panel:

The Speech Control Panel enables you to list the compatible speech recognition and text-to-speech engines installed on your system and to view and customize their settings for your use. When you install the file, it adds a speech icon to your Control Panel that you can open. Note that this application will only install on Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0 systems.

Download the Speech Control Panel (.exe file, 935KB).

 

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