Microsoft Corporation
Updated July 24, 2000
New releases of the Speech Recognition Engine and Control Panel. Details.
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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.
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 (395 KB exe)
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.
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.
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 Agent language component for the specified language, except for American and British English.
When using the L&H TTS3000 engines with the Microsoft Agent characters, you should also install the SAPI 4.0a runtime binaries since the characters are compiled to use the L&H TruVoice engine as the default speech output engine.
Download the Microsoft SAPI 4.0a runtime binaries (824 KB exe)
Can't find a language? You may want to check out other third-party speech engines that support Agent; they may have the language you’re looking for.
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 (6 MB exe)
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, Windows NT® 4.0, and Windows 2000 systems.
Download the Speech Control Panel (927 KB exe)
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