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Text To Speech Drivers And Information:

It can be a bit tedious to get this text to speech (read aloud speech synthesis) feature to work with possibly 3 installs of drivers (one for the character, one for speech synthesis and possibly one more if you are using Windows XP). All drivers are downloaded from Microsoft and are certified safe.

SYSTEM Installer #1 Installer #2 Installer #3
Windows 95/98 using Explorer Free Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice Text-to-Speech Engine None
Windows 2000 Using Explorer Free Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice Text-to-Speech Engine None
Windows ME Using Explorer Free Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice Text-to-Speech Engine None
Windows XP Using Explorer Free Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice Text-to-Speech Engine If you are using Windows XP, then you will need this file too
Windows Using Netscape Free Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice Text-to-Speech Engine If you are using Windows XP, then you will need this file too.
MAC ? ? ?
UNIX/LINUX ? ? ?
OS2/SUN ? ? ?

If Merlin doesn't respond (photo of Merlin below in table), here are some troubleshooting hints or goto Microsoft's Agent Homepage.

The First Talking Search Engine
File  Edit  View

The Wizard of POZ
Above is a sample picture (actual size) of Merlin (the Wizard). He will tell you the time and date through voice synthesis using your sound card (if installed).

This sample (reload page to retry Merlin Character by pressing the F5 key) loads its character from an HTTP URL, so you must be connected to the WWW and be able to reach the server at http://agent.microsoft.com, or the Talking Search Engine will not work properly.

If you have never installed the Lernout & Hauspie TTS Engine, you will be prompted to install it. Without the TTS Engine, characters will not produce speech output. If you have never installed the Microsoft Speech Recognition Engine, you will hopefully be prompted to do so. Characters will not be able to recognize spoken commands without the SR Engine. Free Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice Text-to-Speech Engine (required for speech feature).

Free Microsoft Agent Software (required for animation feature). Note: You do not need to install this if you are using Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows Me operating systems.

If you are using Windows XP, then you will need this file too.

More Links For Microsoft Agent Info.

Free Agent Characters:
Download Microsoft Agent Peedy 3.3 MB Download Microsoft Agent Genie 1.6 MB
Download Microsoft Agent Robby 2.2 MB Download Microsoft Agent Merlin 1.8 MB


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