uses text-to-speech technology to allow small animated cartoon characters to announce your reminders. The program features Microsoft Agent animated cartoon characters that pop up on your screen and remind you of your important meetings, phone calls, and appointments. These characters can speak whatever you type, countdown the time remaining until any given event, and function like a grandfather clock by announcing the time every 15 minutes, half an hour, or hour. In addition, Ace Talking Reminders lets you select your character and customize reminder sounds.