
The voice was called Sydney and taken from an old Lernout & Hauspie Microsoft Speech API 4.0 package. The program also used a text-to-speech voice to interact with the user. Later versions of BonziBuddy feature its own character: Bonzi, the purple gorilla. and originally sports Peedy, a green parrot and one of the characters available with Microsoft Agent. The software uses Microsoft Agent technology similar to Office Assistant. Upon a user's choice the on-screen agent would share jokes and facts, manage downloading using its download manager, sing songs and other functions.


In 1999, the software used a green parrot called "Peedy" licensed from Microsoft, and in later versions, a purple gorilla named Bonzi.

The software provides an on-screen software agent designed to help users surf the Internet by using Microsoft Agent technology. Microsoft Windows BonziBuddy, stylized as BonziBUDDY, is a desktop assistant program distributed by Bonzi Software between 19.
