You will need to have installed registered version of OziExplorer OziExp3954 Version or higher.

View Travel Mate

Here's what you'll need to use Travel Mate with Speech:

1. Windows®  98, Me, 2000 or  XP operating system. Win95 and WinNT are not supported.
2. A Pentium II 450 MHz PC (or faster)
3. At least 128 MB of RAM
4. At least 6.4 MB free disk space for Travel Mate
5. At least 661K free disk space for the Microsoft Agent components, 3.1 MB for Peedy and an additional 1.34 MB for the L&H TruVoice Text-To-Speech engine
6. MS Speech API runtime, without this component the program won't speak. If you have Windows 2000 or Millennium installed, most likely you've already had it. Windows XP users will need to install the SAPI 4.0 files.
7. A Windows-compatible sound card
8. A compatible set of speakers.

   

   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.

Select your operating system. Win95 and WinNT are not supported.

If you have Microsoft Agent installed for other application, you will not need any of the Agent components.

Windows 98SE  Unsupported Version 1.1.0. Left here for slower Laptops/PC

Windows ME     Unsupported Version 1.1.0. Left here for slower Laptops/PC

Windows 2000   Unsupported Version 1.1.0. Left here for slower Laptops/PC

Windows XP      Version 1.6.0

More Information

You only need to download and install all these files once.

Windows 98 SE required files you need to download and install for Travel Mate ver 1.1.0.

Step 1  Download and install the core components of Microsoft Agent. 

Step 2  Download Microsoft Agent character files

You can use the following character files with Microsoft Agent.  Genie, Merlin, Robby and  Peedy.  You can install more than one and change Agents in Travel Mate. 

Step 3  Download Text-to-speech engines.

Lernout &Hauspie Text-To-Speech Engine - American English  1Meg

Lernout &Hauspie Text-To-Speech Engine - British English  2.5Meg

Text-to-speech engines provide speech output capabilities for Microsoft Agent . You can Install both and select in Travel Mate the speech voice male or female.

Step 4   Install SAPI 4.0 runtime support   SAPI 4.0 runtime support (Speech API)

Step 5   Microsoft Data Access Components  (MDAC) ver 2.5 or higher for database access.

Step 6   Download Travel Mate  Version 1.1.0 only

Back to Top

Windows ME required files you need to download and install for Travel Mate ver 1.1.0.

Step 1  Download Microsoft Agent character files

You can use the following character files with Microsoft Agent.  Genie, Merlin, Robby and  Peedy.  You can install more than one and change Agents in Travel Mate. 

Step 2  Download Text-to-speech engines.

Lernout &Hauspie Text-To-Speech Engine - American English  1Meg

Lernout &Hauspie Text-To-Speech Engine - British English  2.5Meg

Text-to-speech engines provide speech output capabilities for Microsoft Agent . You can Install both and select in Travel Mate the speech voice male or female.

NOTE: Select  American or British English only for use with Travel Mate, other languages are not supported.

Step 3   Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) ver 2.5 or higher for database access.

Step 4   Download Travel Mate   Version 1.1.0 only

Back to Top

Windows 2000 required files you need to download and install for Travel Mate Ver 1.1.0.

Step 1  Download Microsoft Agent character files

You can use the following character files with Microsoft Agent.  Genie, Merlin, Robby and  Peedy.  You can install more than one and change Agents in Travel Mate. 

Step 2  Download Text-to-speech engines.

Lernout &Hauspie Text-To-Speech Engine - American English  1Meg

Lernout &Hauspie Text-To-Speech Engine - British English  2.5Meg

Text-to-speech engines provide speech output capabilities for Microsoft Agent . You can Install both and select in Travel Mate the speech voice male or female.

NOTE: Select  American or British English only for use with Travel Mate, other languages are not supported.

Step 3   Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) ver 2.5 or higher for database access.

Step 4   Download Travel Mate   Version 1.1.0 only

Back to Top

Windows XP Travel Mate 

Download Travel Mate   Version 1.6.0

Back to Top

More Information

(Optional) Install the Microsoft Agent Speech Control Panel (840K)
You can download this later. 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.

For a compete list of files visit  Download Microsoft Files to use for speech.

One of the best starting place for help and suggestions on Microsoft Agent Technology is The Microsoft Agent Webbing. You'll also find the biggest character collection of the web. Surf the ring for FAQ, software and MS Agent related stuff.

Need more help? Have a look at the Microsoft MSDN information 

NOTE: Microsoft, MS, Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Agent, and the ActiveX are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Back to Top

 Copyright © Valkron 2001 - 2007