Microsoft Agent
Microsoft Agent was a technology developed by Microsoft which employed animated characters, text-to-speech engines, and speech recognition software to enhance interaction with computer users. Thus it was an example of an embodied agent. It came pre-installed as part of Windows 2000 through Windows Vista. It was not included with Windows 7 but can be downloaded from Microsoft. It was completely discontinued in Windows 8. Microsoft Agent functionality was exposed as an ActiveX control that can be used by web pages.
Microsoft provides examples on its website for the use of Agent. | |
| Original author(s) | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Initial release | November 5, 1997 |
| Final release | 2.0
/ June 7, 2003 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Available in | Multiple languages |
| Website | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/lwef/microsoft-agent
and web |
The theory behind this software came from work on social interfaces by Clifford Nass and Byron Reeves at Stanford's Center for the Study of Language and Information.
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