Microsoft provides examples on its website for the use of Agent.
Original author(s)
Microsoft
Initial release
November 5, 1997; 26 years ago (1997-11-05)
Final release
2.0
/ June 7, 2003; 20 years ago (2003-06-07)
Operating system
Microsoft Windows
Available in
Multiple languages
Website
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/lwef/microsoft-agent
and web.archive.org/web/20050402034116/http://www.microsoft.com/products/msagent/default.asp
Microsoft Agent is a technology developed by Microsoft which employs animated characters, text-to-speech engines, and speech recognition software to enhance interaction with computer users. It came pre-installed as part of Windows 2000 and later versions of Microsoft Windows up to Windows Vista. It was not included with Windows 7, and was completely discontinued in Windows 8. Microsoft Agent functionality was exposed as an ActiveX control that can be used by web pages.
The theory behind the software came from work on social interfaces by Clifford Nass and Byron Reeves at Stanford's Center for the Study of Language and Information.[1]
^"Social science research influences computer product design". Stanford.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
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