Component Installation

Simply click on any link below to install the corresponding component. When prompted, choose Open it or Run this program from its current location.

System requirements

1. Windows 95 or Windows NT® 4.00(x86)
2. Internet Explorer version 3.0 or later
3. A Pentium 100 MHz PC (or faster)
4. At least 16MB of RAM
5. At least 661K free disk space for the core components, plus at least 1.26 MB if you plan to use speech output, and an additional 6.68 MB if you plan to use speech input
6. A Windows-compatible sound card
7. A compatible set of speakers and microphone (recommended)

Agent Essentials

• Microsoft Agent Core Components
  Includes the control, data provider, server, and other essential files for Microsoft Agent.

Speech Engines

• Lernout & Hauspie® TruVoice Text-To-Speech Engine
  The TruVoice Engine provides speech output capabilities for Microsoft Agent and the Agent Character Editor.
• Microsoft Command and Control Speech Engine
  The Command and Control Engine provides speech input capabilities for Microsoft Agent. Visit the Microsoft Speech Research Group web site for more information on this speech recognition engine.

Character and Sound Editors

• Microsoft Agent Character Editor
  The Agent Character Editor lets you compose your own characters for use with Microsoft Agent.
• Microsoft Agent Linguistic Information Sound Editing Tool
  The Linguistic Information Sound Editing Tool enables you to generate phoneme and word-break information for enhancing sound (.WAV) files to support high-quality lip-synching character animation.