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Microsoft Agent 2.0© Downloads and Functionality Check

You should see a table below that tells you if you have the MS Agent software on your computer. If you saw the instructor moving around on the front page but didn't hear his voice you likely need the older speech software

If you did not see the instructor on the manual home page click here to download the "Ben" agent character, then put it into the C:\WINDOWS\MSAGENT\CHARS or C:\WINNT\MSAGENT\CHARS folder on your computer, depending on your operating system.

This web site requires the MS Agent program and Internet Explorer to display correctly Both of these programs are free to download at Microsoft ©


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If you are using one of the Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows Me operating systems, the Microsoft Agent core components are already installed on your computer and you do not need to install these core components. However if you have an older version of Windows you may need to install the program manually.

Below are the setup instructions for installing Microsoft Agent manually.

Microsoft Agent is not an application that you can just run like Word or any other program and expect to have characters do things for you automatically.
Websites and Applications must be specifically programmed to use Microsoft Agent and provide these characters for you.

Additional information and documentation can be found on the Microsoft Agent Home Page.

  Microsoft Agent 2.0 Setup
System requirements
  • Windows® XP/2000/NT4/Me/9x or later
  • Internet Explorer version 4.0 or later
  • A Pentium 100-MHz PC (or faster)
  • At least 20 MB of RAM
  • At least 1 MB free disk space for the core components
  • An additional 2-4 MB for each character you install.
  • An additional 30K for each language component (dll).
*Recommended
  • An additional 1.6 MB free disk space if you plan to use the Lernout & Hauspie® TruVoice
    Text-To-Speech Engine for speech output
  • An additional 25 MB free disk space if you plan to use the Microsoft Speech Recognition Engine for speech input
  • A Windows-compatible sound card
  • A compatible set of speakers
  • Motivation & dedication

 STEP 1 (Required)

Install Microsoft Agent Core Components version 2.0 (395K)

WINDOWS XP/2000/Me Users may skip this step.  The Microsoft Agent Core Components are already installed on Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Me.

Make Agents Speak!
Microsoft Agent uses SAPI 4.0 to have it's agents speak. However, now, Windows XP is shipped with SAPI 5.0 which is not compatible with this, so your agents cannot speak. Thankfully, both SAPI 4.0 and 5.0 can be on your computer at the same time with no problems, so download (spchapi.exe) SAPI 4.0 from Microsoft and then follow the next instructions.

Download the above MSAgent.exe setup program and run it to install the core components. 
You may then delete the setup program.

 STEP 2

Install the Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice, Text-to-Speech Engine (English version)  (1MB).

The Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice Text-to-Speech (TTS) Engine provides speech output capabilities for Microsoft Agent so you can hear what the characters are saying through your sound speakers.

Download the above tv_enua.exe setup program and run it to install the TTS Engine.  You may then delete the setup program.

If you've already installed this, you should see
Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice American English TTS Engine
in the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs list.

Additional Lernout & Hauspie TTS3000 Engines may be downloaded from the table below.  You need to download and install both the TTS Engine and the Language Add-On for the desired Language.

For example, to install French Text-to-Speech, download and install both lhttsfrf.exe and agtx040C.exe

Language

TTS Engine (2-3 MB)

 Language Add-On
(128 KB)
American English tv_enua.exe already installed
British English lhttseng.exe already installed
Dutch lhttsdun.exe agtx0413.exe
French lhttsfrf.exe agtx040C.exe
German lhttsged.exe agtx0407.exe
Italian lhttsiti.exe agtx0410.exe
Japanese lhttsjpj.exe agtx0411.exe
Korean lhttskok.exe agtx0412.exe
Portuguese (Brazilian) lhttsptb.exe agtx0416.exe
Russian lhttsrur.exe agtx0419.exe
Spanish lhttsspe.exe agtx0C0A.exe

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