IMSpeak! 

IM Speak! is a tool that adds speech and personality to incoming messages from your favorite Instant Message program. By using the program, you can assign 'voices' to each one of your buddies allowing them to speak to you in any voice you choose.
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Homeboy 

HomeBoy is a program that allows children to write stories in order to have them read back, and play games. It uses Microsoft's "Text-To-Speech" engine and with the help of 4 animated characters, the stories are brought to life on your PC.
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Microsoft Agent Scripting Software 

MASS is an easy to use tool to create MS Agent scripts with animated, speaking characters. You can easily create agent scripts by dragging the character on screen, selecting a few options and clicking buttons.
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VTapi ActiveX 

VTapi ActiveX Control you get everything you need for quality communications using Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual C++, or any other environment capable of hosting ActiveX components. Create IVR systems, answering machines, detect caller ID and more!
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iGo Incognito 

iGo Incognito - Secure communications using a public key infrastructure and the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). Supports rich voice/text messages, offline and online messages, private chats, open forums, file transfer and more...
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Dialgo Wave Modem ActiveX 

Dialgo Wave Modem ActiveX SDK Features Caller ID Extraction,Digit Monitor and Playback, Wave File Playback and Recording on Phone Line. You get to save your Wave File in 20+ Audio Formats. Also Inputs CCITT u-Law Compressed Wave Files
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