yes, i tried loading it again, about 4 times. it still.. does not.. work. yes, i checked my mIRC agent options.. and there was nothing wrong in them. yes.. i have installed the 'text2speech' engine or components or whatever you wanna call it. yes, i've installed MsAgent2.. duh.... yes, i have installed characters.. d'oh.... and uhhm.. still no 'speech' from the character when used in mIRC.
only thing i haven't tried is the SAPI4 thing. i will try that shortly and tell if it still doesn't work.