He speaks via a computerized voice, which reminded my daughter about something on the computer. If you click on Start, then click on Sounds,
Speech and Audio Devices, then click on Speech, you can have your computer say things that you type in. So of course, we have been playing with this (I should really say I have been doing this, lol). "Microsoft Sam" says what you type in the long, rectangular box that says: Use the following text to preview the voice.