Microsoft agent animated characters

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They can also search the Web, search the Bible, read a document, tell you a story, challenge you to a tongue twister, tell you a joke or sing you a song just for fun. The best use for these characters here though, is to have them read documents to you while you do other things.

If you install James and Peedy, you can watch them interact and talk to each other. Very amusing and worth the effort. The Final steps. After installing all the required files see below , select the character s you want to use by clicking on their image.

Unless you have already installed them from this page, after the index page reloads you will be prompted to install Balloon Dialog which will also prompt to make sure your Visual Basic is up to date. Nothing will function correctly, including menus until Balloon Dialog is installed. This software allows more user interaction and options which I am sure you will enjoy. The files used are licensed by Microsoft and are safe to install.

Note : these may not work on versions of windows later than XP. To use any of these characters you will need extra Microsoft options installed. See the table below for what you already have installed.

If there are missing options then select the appropriate link below to download and install the required components. Ideally you should go to the Microsoft download page to get these components where other languages are available also.

From this link you can find out more information about Microsoft Agent and download what is required directly if you wish. If an animation's Return animation is defined using Exit branches, you do not need to call it explicitly; Agent automatically plays the Return animation before the next animation. However, if a Return animation is listed, you must call the animation using the Play method before another animation to provide a smooth transition.

If no Return animation is listed, the animation typically ends without needing a transitional animation. The character file includes sound effects for some animations as noted in the following table. Sound effects play only if this option is enabled in the Microsoft Agent property sheet. You can also disable sound effects in your application. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info.

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