What is Lernout TruVoice for MS agent?

[rck]

Periodically I review installed programs and just noticed one called,
"Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice for Microsoft Agent". Is this part of XP or
possibly spyware? I didn't knowingly install it.

Bob

 

[Dan DiNicolo]

Periodically I review installed programs and just noticed one called,
"Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice for Microsoft Agent". Is this part of XP or
possibly spyware? I didn't knowingly install it.

Bob

It's a third-party text-to-speech agent, not spyware. You can get details
here:

http://www.msagentring.org/setup.htm

 

[Raymond J. Johnson Jr.]

| Periodically I review installed programs and just noticed one called,
| "Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice for Microsoft Agent". Is this part of XP or
| possibly spyware? I didn't knowingly install it.
|
| Bob
|

http://www.microsoft.com/MSAGENT/downloads/user.asp

 

[Sharon F]

Periodically I review installed programs and just noticed one called,
"Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice for Microsoft Agent". Is this part of XP or
possibly spyware? I didn't knowingly install it.

Bob

It's the text to speech module used by Narrator, an accessibility option in
XP.

 

[rck]

It's the text to speech module used by Narrator, an accessibility option
in
XP.

Will it hurt to delete it? How does this extra stuff get in there? Is it
part of Microsoft's automatic update?

Bob

 

[Sharon F]

Will it hurt to delete it? How does this extra stuff get in there? Is it
part of Microsoft's automatic update?

This particular item is part of a default XP installation and supports a
Windows component that cannot be uninstalled. Suggest leaving it alone.
Even if you did delete it, Windows File Protection would put it right back
into place.