Speaking Calendar is a talking desktop calendar and appointment manager. The program uses Microsoft Agent characters to announce your appointments, sound any set alarms, and declare the current date. You can set as many appointments and alarms as you wish.You can also select whether you want to confirm a message, or whether the message should be repeated every hour, day, week, month, quarter, or year. To record a message, you simply click on a specific date, enter the message, and save it. For birthday reminders, you can enter the birthdate (including year) and the program will tell you how old the person is each year on that date. If you can't respond to your appointments when displayed, you can use the snooze facility to remind you again in five minutes. You can also have your appointments reminded to you, one week and then 3 days before they are due. In addition, Speaking Calendar displays the time, and allows you to select any Microsoft Agent character you prefer. Max, the dog, however, is the default one used.The program runs as a convenient icon in the System Tray area of the Windows taskbar.