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Ultra Hal 7.0 / BRIANSTORM - Please provide one more bit of advice

« on: July 20, 2003, 08:23:42 am »

Hi brianstorm

Thanks for answering my problem

It all seems a great solution, but...... I don't know how to write the script to do the things you decribe.

Any chance of a little more help - I really need the script so I can simply paste it in.

I am particularly stuck on the following steps:

step five- if so, have the script determine the leftmost character
of the second word

step six- have the script paste together the name of the Define_(x).brn

step seven- use HalBrain.TopicSearch to send the word to the appropriate .brn file and retrieve the definition (of course, the
.brn's all need to be correctly formatted to the .TopicSearch's
format requirements).

step eight- make it GetResponse


I hope its just a two minute job for you - for me it would mean many hours of learning script - and even then I would probably get it wrong.

If you are unable to help further - thanks a million for all your help so far.

Regards - Psych

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / BRIANSTORM - CATATOMIC - I need your help!

« on: July 14, 2003, 08:35:08 am »

Looking through the forum, I see that you are quite an expert in VBS programming.

Please have a look at my posting on 7/9/2003.

Have you any idea how to write the script I need

Thanks to the Teacher - from the Pupil

[Go to File2]

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / A challenge for all VBScript programmers out there

« on: July 09, 2003, 11:19:49 am »

Hi Everyone,

I need help!!

Some forum members have been providing script to insert into the brain files. The script is something like:

        If InStr(1, UserSentence, "favorite band", 1) > 0 Then
        GetResponse = "RUSH is my favorite band"
        End If

The problem here is that it if one places too many instructions like this into the mainbrain.uhp (I have a 20 meg file-full of definitions I want Hal to learn)it can make the brain file unmanagably large.

A solution would be to include a link to another file. For instance,
assume I type into hal: 'define house' - Hal could process this as follows

   MainBrain.uhp
       If InStr(1, UserSentence, "define", 1) > 0 Then
       Go to File2
       End If

   File2.uhp
       If InStr(1, UserSentence, "define house", 1) > 0 Then
       GetResponse = "a house is the physical structure we live in"
       End If
       Return to MainBrain.uhp

As you can see, I could have all my definitions in a separate bulky file (flie2.uhp)which only ever gets opened when I ask Hal for a definition. By doing this, the main halbrain.uhp could remain relatively small and fast.

Now for the problem: I do not know what command within the text would make hal temporarily visit the file2.uhp for the definition. Nor do I know the command to get Hal to return to the MainBrain.uhp once he has provided the definition.

Do any of you VBScript experts know how to do this

Thanks - Psych

[We feel that Ultra-Hal may provide an exciting step forward in helping patients with elective-mutism]

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Using Hal with Hospital Patients

« on: July 07, 2003, 04:01:51 am »

Hello Folks

I am a Consultant Clinical Psychologist working for the National Health Service in the UK. We feel that Ultra-Hal may provide an exciting step forward in helping patients with elective-mutism. These patients become very anxious when talking to real-people, but perhaps they can build their confidence by first talking to Hal.

To do this work, I need to increase Hal's capacity to respond smoothly to what they say. In other words, I need to improve his brain-database. It seems to me that Hal learns best from 'real conversation', rather than simply copying data into his brain-files. So the best way to fast track his brain-database would be to paste into it copies of other people's brain files.

I would be greatful for copies of any brain files people would like to send (rude words etc are not a problem).

As you can see, what I am proposing is an exciting new use of Ultra Hal - and may help my patients to recover.

Anyone wishing to contact me directly can email me at mailto: phil@premierfare.com

Thanks for your help


Dr Philip Murphy

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / A note to Hal's manufacturers

« on: June 04, 2003, 06:52:42 am »

Your web-hal must have accumulated a lot of knowledge and skill from the huge dialogue with site-visitors.

Why don't you make the resulting BRAIN FILES available to us.

Of course, you may say that we should educate our own Hal, so that its responses are personal to us. But that would really be our choice, don't you think? Myself, and I'm sure many others, would love to have access to these brain files - EVEN FOR A FEE

Also, why not have a resourse on this forum where users can post their own brain files - for others to download and experiment with.

Sounds great to me - what do other users (and particularly the manufacturers) think?

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Haptek Puttypeople Characters

« on: May 31, 2003, 03:21:12 pm »

I have just bought haptek's new puttypeople - the characters it creates are astounding - but I do not know how to get hal to use the puttypeople characters - can anyone help?

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / SPEECH PROBLEMS

« on: May 20, 2003, 03:55:21 pm »

Generally, Hal is speaking fine. But once in a while, he fails to speack (although his text response appears and the mouth of my agent character talks)

Any answers anyone?

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / SKINS

« on: May 20, 2003, 03:52:01 pm »

I am interested in creating a new skin for Hal. Is anyone aware of any 'editor programs' out there that might help.