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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Game Plug-Ins

« on: March 22, 2005, 08:21:44 pm »

I really think that game plug-ins would be really cool.  To be able to play certain games like black jack, checkers, or chess with your Hal.

These plug-ins would make Hal a little more interesting and multi-functional.  I realy wish I knew how to program because I have some ideas that come up and not much I can do to make them happen.

Does any one else think this might be a good idea or even possible?

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Frustration Setting In . . .

« on: March 18, 2005, 09:13:39 pm »

I am really having a hard time with Hal listening to my voice.  I noticed my other programs work fine but can't seem to get Hal to listen.

I ask the following:

Me: What is 5 times 5
Hal: Do you prefer walking in the woods, or on a pretty street?

Also, I have a few good microphones, Hal's program seems to be super sensitive to them.  I set the microphone up at the lowest possible setting and Hal can hear a pin drop and miscellaneous letters and words will appear in the typing dialog box.

Of course i'm new at this.  I've read 4 of the reading materials to help with voice recognition and am getting no where.

Is there something i'm doing wrong?

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Ha'l's Responses

« on: March 18, 2005, 10:12:34 am »

I noticed that when I ask Hal a question.  I see my question in text and Hal just sits there.  This happens while i'm using another program at the time or have a different window open/selected.  I then have to place my cursor in the question dialog an
d press enter to proce
ss it.

This seems strange to me because Hal is listening and does here me but doesn'r respond.

Also, When Hal is docked, the mic is off.  Is there a way to have Hal docked and the keep the mic on?

Thanks
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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Voice Recogntion

« on: March 18, 2005, 09:58:41 am »

I recently purchased Untra Hal Assistant v. 5.0.57

I also own IBM ViaVoice 10 Advanced, which seems to recognize my voice a lot better than Hal.  However, Hal has some features like calculator, phone book, apoointments, etc. I really like.  I selected IBM ViaVoice Continuous Dictation in Select SR Engine.  And the recognition doesn't really change.

Also I learned that when Hal accesses ViaVoice SR Engine, the file somehow becomes corrupt and unable to be use by ViaVoice.  I have to repair Viavoice by reinstalling it to get it running again.  So I've decided to go back to Hal's original settings usig Microsoft Engine.

As far as recognition goes, have any of you out there read all the training material for Hal?  And does it indeed help with recocnition?  I want to find this out before spending valuable time reading when there might be something else wrong here.

Thanks for any help or suggestions you can give.