Voice | Mode IDs |
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Microsoft Speech Recognition Engine v4.0 | {D8905400-B5C8-11D0-B968020AFDB1B9C} |
Voice | Mode IDs |
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Adult Female #1, US English, L&H TruVoice | {CA141FD0-AC7F-11D1-97A3-006008273008} |
Adult Female #2, US English, L&H TruVoice | {CA141FD0-AC7F-11D1-97A3-006008273009} |
Adult Male #1, US English, L&H TruVoice | {CA141FD0-AC7F-11D1-97A3-006008273000} |
Adult Male #2, US English, L&H TruVoice | {CA141FD0-AC7F-11D1-97A3-006008273001} |
Adult Male #3, US English, L&H TruVoice | {CA141FD0-AC7F-11D1-97A3-006008273002} |
Adult Male #4, US English, L&H TruVoice | {CA141FD0-AC7F-11D1-97A3-006008273003} |
Adult Male #5, US English, L&H TruVoice | {CA141FD0-AC7F-11D1-97A3-006008273004} |
Adult Male #6, US English, L&H TruVoice | {CA141FD0-AC7F-11D1-97A3-006008273005} |
Adult Male #7, US English, L&H TruVoice | {CA141FD0-AC7F-11D1-97A3-006008273006} |
Adult Male #8, US English, L&H TruVoice | {CA141FD0-AC7F-11D1-97A3-006008273007} |
Carol, British English, L&H TTS3000 | {227A0E40-A92A-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Peter, British English, L&H TTS3000 | {227A0E41-A92A-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Linda, Dutch, L&H TTS3000 | {A0DDCA40-A92C-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Alexander, Dutch, L&H TTS3000 | {A0DDCA41-A92C-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Véronique, French, L&H TTS3000 | {0879A4E0-A92C-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Pierre, French, L&H TTS3000 | {0879A4E1-A92C-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Anna, German, L&H TTS3000 | {3A1FB760-A92B-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Stefan, German, L&H TTS3000 | {3A1FB761-A92B-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Barbara, Italian, L&H TTS3000 | {7EF71700-A92D-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Stefano, Italian, L&H TTS3000 | {7EF71701-A92D-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Naoko, Japanese, L&H TTS3000 | {A778E060-A936-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Kenji, Japanese, L&H TTS3000 | {A778E061-A936-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Shin-Ah, Korean, L&H TTS3000 | {12E0B720-A936-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Jun-Ho, Korean, L&H TTS3000 | {12E0B721-A936-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Juliana, Portuguese (Brazil), L&H TTS3000 | {8AA08CA0-A1AE-11d3-9BC5-00A0C967A2D1} |
Alexandre, Portuguese (Brazil), L&H TTS3000 | {8AA08CA1-A1AE-11d3-9BC5-00A0C967A2D1} |
Svetlana, Russian, L&H TTS3000 | {06377F80-D48E-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Boris, Russian, L&H TTS3000 | {06377F81-D48E-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Carmen, Spanish, L&H TTS3000 | {2CE326E0-A935-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Julio, Spanish, L&H TTS3000 | {2CE326E1-A935-11d1-B17B-0020AFED142E} |
Microsoft Agent 2.0 Setup |
System Requirements
- Windows 9x/Me/NT4/2000/XP
- Internet Explorer 4.0 or later
- A Pentium 100-MHz PC or faster
- At least 16 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 32K for each language component (dll).
- 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 22 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 and microphone
Uninstalling Microsoft Agent
Step 1 (Required) |
Install Microsoft Agent Core Components version 2.0 (395K) |
IMPORTANT: If you're using Windows XP, you should install Microsoft SAPI 4.0a runtime.
Agent Reader and Aldo's Text-to-WAVE also support the new Microsoft SAPI 5.1. Download the optional Microsoft SAPI 5.1 runtime for Windows 2000/ME/98 or the additional Microsoft SAPI 5.1 voices for Windows XP.
Step 2 (Required) |
Install the Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice, Text-to-Speech Engine (English version) (1MB). |
Language | FREE TTS Engines | Language Add-On |
American English TruVoice 1MB | tv_enua.exe (997KB) (10 english voices) | *REQUIRED* |
American English Microsoft TTS | msttsa22L.exe 5MB (Mary, Mike, Sam, Robot) | *DO NOT INSTALL* with Aldo's Text-to-WAVE |
British English | lhttseng.exe (2.54MB) | add-on already installed |
Dutch | lhttsdun.exe (2.58MB) | agtx0413.exe |
French | lhttsfrf.exe (2.24MB) | agtx040C.exe |
German | lhttsged.exe (2.18MB) | agtx0407.exe |
Italian | lhttsiti.exe (1.97MB) | agtx0410.exe |
Japanese | lhttsjpj.exe (3.00MB) | agtx0411.exe |
Korean | lhttskok.exe (3.03MB) | agtx0412.exe |
Portuguese (Brazilian) | lhttsptb.exe (2.39MB) | agtx0416.exe |
Russian | lhttsrur.exe (2.85MB) | agtx0419.exe |
Spanish | lhttsspe.exe (2.36MB) | agtx0C0A.exe |
CZech | GB-Soft TTS (896KB) | agtx0405.exe |
English Spanish German French Italian | Truvoice TTS (1.3MB) | *Unstable TTS* The TTS is NOT compatible with Aldo's Text-to-WAVE |
Chinese | Microsoft Chinese Voice for SAPI 5.1(1.2MB) MS SAPI 5.1 (677KB) Engine Only-No Voices | AgtX0804.exe |
Commercial Text to Speech (TTS) Engines | ||
AT&T Natural Voices | Download & CD | US English, UK English, Spanish, German, French |
NeoSpeech TTS | English (SAPI 5) or Asian Voices | |
Cepstral TTS | Commercial Product | US English, UK English, Italian, German, Spanish - Americas, Canadian French (SAPI 5) |
Loquendo TTS | Commercial Product | US English, UK English, Spanish - Americas, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Catalan, Greek, Portuguese, Chinese (SAPI 5) |
ScanSoft RealSpeak | Commercial Product | US English, Swedish, Danish, French, German, Norwegian, Dutch, British English, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Cantonese Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Castilian Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Dutch, Belgian Dutch, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish |
Infovox Desktop TTS Engines | 30 Days Trial TTS Engines | US English, Swedish, Danish, French, German, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, British English, Spanish, Icelandic, Italian |
Atlas TTS | Demo TTS engine (12MB) | Spanish, Catalan |
Talsmann TTS | Demo TTS Engine (12MB) | Norwegian only (Not compatible with Aldo's Text-to-WAVE) |
Sakhr TTS | Commercial Product | Arabic |
Digalo TTS Engines | 15 Days Trial TTS Engines (Discontinued) | US English (Core), Russian, French, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, British English>, Italian |
Step 3 (Required) |
Install the Microsoft Speech Control Panel(927K) |
![Microsoft agent characters Microsoft agent characters](http://www.mbirgin.com/userfiles/VaV.gif)
The Speech Control Panel will add an icon to your Control Panel to enable you to list the compatible speech recognition and text-to-speech engines installed on your system and customize their settings for your use.
If the Text-to-Speech of your selected language continue without sound, try installing MS SAPI 4.0a runtime.
For Aldo's Text-to-WAVE, be sure that you have installed Microsoft SAPI 4.0a runtime. It may require that you reboot after installation even if it doesn't ask it.
Step 4 (Optional) |
Install the Microsoft Speech Recognition Engine, version 4.0 (6MB) |
Microsoft Agent Speech Recognition Engine 4.0 (English)
in the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs list.
Step 5 |
Download some Microsoft Agent Characters |
Merlin | Genie | Robby | Peedy
Back to Agent Reader Page
Back to Aldo's Text-to-WAVE PageCopyright © 2000-2003, Agent Reader by Aldo Vargas
Uses Microsoft® Agent Technology
The characters 'Genie', 'Merlin', 'Robby', and 'Peedy' are
Copyright © 1996-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
All other characters are copyright by their respective creators or owners.