Speaking Clock Deluxe is a multi-alarm clock which not only displays the time but also speaks it in many languages. The program features 50 different alarms, allowing you to select a language, a WAV file, and even to launch a program for each alarm. Speaking Clock supports Microsoft Agent and supports speech synthesis. Animated speaking characters can pop up on your screen and announce the time, notify you of alarm events and read out quotes if you like. Any text can be read out loud. The clock can tell you the time, notify you of alarm events (including telling you the alarm text you have entered). Speaking Clock supports speech engines for other languages than English. You can download additional language files for free. A timer/stopwatch is also available that lets you create up to five active timers at a time. The alarms can be set to go off once, or on a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly basis. You can also use the atomic clock Internet time synchronization function, and select a display style (there are two digital and one analog). The program can run as a convenient icon in the System Tray area of the Windows taskbar.