HomeBoy 1.3
HomeBoy is a program that allows children to write short stories in order to have them read back. It uses Microsoft's 'Text-To-Speech' engine and with the help of animated characters (MS Agents), the stories are brought to life on your PC. There are 120+ commands and 200+ animations embedded in the list of actions performed by the animated character (Merlin, Genie, Peedy or Robby). For example: Applaud, Think, Read, Write, Yawn, Sleep, Smile, Wave wand, Eat, Spin, Calculate, etc.Also written into HomeBoy is a Tic-Tac-Toe game with five levels of artificial intelligence (AI), and a Riddles game (with 150 riddles to solve on 5 levels) ... ALL with relevant and interactive character animations.
HomeBoy is a free to try software. You can free download and try it for an evaluation period.
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Platform:
Windows 98
, Windows XP
, Windows2000
- System Requirements: MS Agent, Text-to-Speech engine
| Dialup |
(56k) |
03 m 28 s |
| ISDN |
(128k) |
01 m 31 s |
| DSL |
(512k) |
23 s |
| Cable |
(1024k) |
12 s |
| T1 |
(1484k) |
08 s |