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Short Description of the Homeboy Software (click Using for
more info)
HomeBoy is a shareware program that allows children to write short stories in order to
have them read back. It uses Microsoft's "Text-To-Speech" engine and
with the help of animated characters (MS Agents), the stories are brought to
life on your PC.
There are 120+ commands and 200+ animations embedded in the list of actions
performed by the animated character (Merlin, Genie, Peedy or Robby). For
example: Applaud, Think, Read, Write, Yawn, Sleep, Smile, Wave wand, Eat, Spin,
Calculate, etc.
New features in v1.3: Tic-Tac-Toe game (5 levels of AI) and Riddles game (with 150
riddles to solve on 5 levels).
