K.A.T.E. IM Avatar Character System Leveraging the Global IPC, this application (inscribe name KATE) brings together the advanced Instant Messaging scheme from Sonork and the lifelike avatars from Haptek. KATE links this virtual reality technology with the Sonork client to enable living, wink, breathing custom avatars that mouth the messages coming and going through the Sonork messenger. Using a SAPI text-to-speech engine, the reference reads the text typed through the Sonork messenger, along with incoming messages spoken by the sender's reference Supports customizing the Avatar's appearance, forge, size, part and desktop through an copious set of preloaded options Includes automatic animations and moods for altogether favorite emoticons, such as : ), ; ), : -O, J, etc. Custom 3D avatars can be created choosing from several shapes, skins and reference settings included