Microsoft Agent 1.3

Microsoft Agent

A screenshot of a menu in Microsoft Agent 1.3.
Name	Microsoft Agent 1.3
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Initial release	1997
Latest version	2.0
Written in	C++
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Discontinued?	Yes

Microsoft Agent 1.3 is a non-public release of Microsoft Agent released in 1997. It is the earliest confirmed version of Microsoft Agent known to exist besides Microsoft Agent Beta; it is possible that this version is the Microsoft Agent Beta 2.0 given the timeline of the releases. Not much information is public about this release of Microsoft Agent.

Gallery

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  A screenshot of the copyright menu in Microsoft Agent 1.3.

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  A screenshot of the taskbar icon that shows up when Microsoft Agent 1.3 is running.

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  Screenshot of the speech input menu in the Microsoft Agent 1.3 properties.

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  Screenshot of the output menu in the properties of Microsoft Agent 1.3.

Trivia

• All screenshots of Microsoft Agent 1.3 are in black and white as they came from the Microsoft Agent software kit book.
• It is extremely similar to Microsoft Agent 1.5 due to similarities in the menus and both versions having a taskbar icon for Microsoft Agent when a character is loaded.
• It may have been publicly accessible at one point for developers in the Microsoft Developer Network but it remains unconfirmed and not found.