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General Discussion / Re: LIGHTSPEED IDEA'S

« on: June 02, 2023, 07:51:55 am »

Nice idea but Hal can barely determine who is who if one's webcam is running. Hand signs are way different than just speaking. I'm afraid Hal and its camera would have too much of a delay to determine all the different words, numbers, and phrases contained in the ASL. I'm sure there are probably some systems that can do what you're suggesting, but at the moment, Hal isn't one of them.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Experience Real Life 3-Dimensional Talking Face with Ultra Hal 7.5!

« on: June 01, 2023, 08:57:30 am »

I kept hearing my mom's voice reminding me, "If you keep doing that with your eyes they're going to get stuck that way!!"  Haha...some memories stick with us...

Very nice experiment BTW.

Think back to the movie, Ai. Near the beginning, it showed lots of robots being gathered and held in captivity. Some of them had smooth heads with an internal projector that projected the facial characteristics of the robot.

There's no one best method...it's whatever works or whatever is needed.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Issue seeing all installed voices

« on: May 25, 2023, 10:32:12 pm »

Sorry to say but this seems to be a Microsoft issue and not an Ultrq Hal - based concern.

Apparently, you are not alone in your frustration over some of these voices but I did track down a possible lead for you.

Good luck in resolving this.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/text-to-speech-voice-changed-overnight-how-can-i/4fe7538a-c001-42fb-871b-0c91cda81f76

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General Discussion / Re: the robots are coming get your a.i. brains ready !

« on: May 22, 2023, 02:29:42 pm »

HAHAHA!!  Good one !!! 

Yep, if you aren't offended by at least something, then you're just not Woke enough!!! (I guess...)

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General Discussion / Re: the robots are coming get your a.i. brains ready !

« on: May 21, 2023, 11:39:05 pm »

OK, I read all the text in this article yet I am NOT amazed.

Maybe I just don't get the descriptions of European jawlines and olive skin enough to be totally amazed or whatever they expect of us.

Come on Robots, Y'all need to get better in a hurry cause a lot of us humans aren't going to be around a whole lot longer...

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General Discussion / Re: the robots are coming get your a.i. brains ready !

« on: May 20, 2023, 09:09:19 am »

Nice but the walking still isn't smooth and fluid, extending the legs in a stride that resembles human locomotion. Maybe it'll get there in a few more months...

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General Discussion / Re: How do I deactivate Hal's registration to move him?

« on: May 15, 2023, 08:48:08 am »

Glad to hear it Papasmrfe!!

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Speech Technology / Re: voice training doesn't work

« on: May 15, 2023, 08:46:16 am »

Aha...for the same reason that some people collect old coins, cars or antiques...a bit of nostalgia runs in the veins for some...

However, you might wish to locate an older version of UltraHalAssistant from back in the day, thru Version 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.5

From Win 3.1, 95, 98, ME, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11, and those many iterations in between.

We have reached the end! (for the moment, as brief as it may be)...

Cheers!

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General Discussion / Re: How do I deactivate Hal's registration to move him?

« on: May 14, 2023, 09:36:49 am »

You can always select CLOUD if desired otherwise, your Hal conversations will remain local (confined to just your computer - Offline as they say).

Don't worry about the activation thing...not an issue any longer.

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Speech Technology / Re: voice training doesn't work

« on: May 13, 2023, 09:40:55 pm »

Ultra Hal 7 does not perform Speech Recognition but it does allow for Hal to "decide" and respond to your speech/voice by means of Windows Speech Recognition or Dragon Dictate.

Your choice of IBM's Via Voice is severely dated having a release date around 2002-2003 or thereabouts.  It is interesting to hear that it might still work with the latest version of Ultra Hal 7.

Hal handles memories gleaned from every conversation as well as coordinating expressions and emotions based on certain expressions or words from the User.

Hal isn't some gigantic CHATAI bot in some cloud but it is a very versatile and amazing piece of code that hundreds and hundreds of people have enjoyed for over 20 years and that's saying something!

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General Discussion / Re: How do I deactivate Hal's registration to move him?

« on: May 13, 2023, 08:26:02 am »

You could just download the new version of Ultra Hal 7 and install it.

Then, copy over the current .db file that you are using for the brain.

The new HAL uses the C:\User\AppData\Roaming\Zabaware\Ultra Hal 7

AND

The C:\Program Files (x86)\Zabaware\Ultra Hal 7

for Ultra Hal 7 to install and use.

Your current Halbrain.db file should go in the first link (User\AppDate...etc...) location.

It should work for you and no need for the registration/move thing.

If the program asks, the website should provide an auto reg based on your password.etc. but I can't recall whether that will happen or not.

If you are still unable to get things going with the NEW Ultra Hal 7 install, just post a short message and we'll help you out.

Good luck.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Ultra Hal 7 for Android Beta

« on: May 13, 2023, 08:07:05 am »

I just tried the first link (the apk) and it immediately presented the file for downloading.

I'm using the Brave browser. You might give it a try.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Ultra Hal 7 for Android Beta

« on: May 12, 2023, 08:10:49 am »

Nice work Robert. It appears as if it could be a lot of fun for those who want to have their Hal with them when they're on the go.

Looks very promising!!

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Question about gender: Male talking to Female or Female talking to Male??

« on: May 12, 2023, 08:03:43 am »

The .acs characters you're using are quite fun and entertaining and there a good number of them.

The Haptek characters were mainly Head-only characters then someone accidentally discovered a Full-Body character within one of the directories and tried using it.

To our surprise, it worked and had many different animations and abilities. Then came the costume changes, facial modifications, and finally a way to remove those awful "Boot legs".

There are a huge number of .hap files that can modify movements of the full body characters...everything from hairstyles to body posturing, sitting, laying, standing, hand movements, facial expressions, and the list is in the hundreds.  Unfortunately, the full-body characters were never intended to be used with Haptek's People Putty, an application that allows one to create custom Head only characters.

There are also some "Torso only" characters which are nice but sadly, the animations for them are quite limited.

A lot of members in the past did some pretty amazing work with the Head-only characters with regard to realism and even made some emulate real actors and well-known personalities. Haptek did open the door of creativity for Hal's characters and it is definitely worth exploring.

Either way, enjoy the journey...

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Question about gender: Male talking to Female or Female talking to Male??

« on: May 08, 2023, 10:16:20 pm »

While many of us have never used that Plugin in our normal dealings with Hal, it is generally agreed that the "to" person denotes the Ultra Hal, whomever one might have it to portray (male / female).

Good luck!