Hal doesn't hear me...

[John]

My voice recognition engine on my computer works fine,
but when I speak to hal....nothing....I reconfigured
Hal again, but same problem. Responds only to type.

[Medeksza]

Is voice recognition enabled in Hal's options? Is the correct speech engine selected? Do you make sure to press the microphone button in Hal's window to enable the microphone? Does Hal the microphone meter move? Does Hal show guesses as to what you are saying? If you type in a response, but don't hit enter, does Hal press enter for you and respond after 5 seconds?

Robert Medeksza

[John]

Yes, voice recognition is enabled. Yes, the correct speech engine has been selected. Yes, I pressed the microphone on in hal's window. I see no microphone meter or any movement. I see the words "microphone on" Yes, when I type in a response, Hal presses enter for me.
When I use Cyberbuddy with speech recognition, my character responds to my voice commands perfectly. But when I plugged the same character into Hal 4.5 she responds to nothing I say. Yes, I have installed the correct plugin for my desktopmates character and she responds perfectly with Hal in all other ways.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.