If Buddy does not appear and you are not prompted to download the components automatically, click the following link and navigate to the subheading "Microsoft Agent and localization support:". then download the Microsoft Agent core components.

You may also need to download the Text-To-Speech engine. Select the "Learnout & Houspie True Voice TTS engine" and download. You may or may not need to restart your PC. After that Buddy should then appear when you reopen or refresh this web page.

Go to Microsofts web page to download the components.