Microsoft Sam

Microsoft Sam is the voice used in a text-to-speech application on Windows XP. Microsoft Sam has appeared in a lot of videos on Youtube, often using bad language for comedic effect. Sometimes Microsoft Sam is accompanied by Microsoft Mike and Mary, who are also text-to-speech voices which can be downloaded from the Speakonia website. A common form of MS Sam videos feature him reading funny signs. Microsoft Sam also played the voice of the captain in the video game Zero Wing, which spawned the popular meme “All your base are belong to us”