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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Blank responses
« on: February 20, 2009, 05:20:17 pm »
I am running version 6.2 on a 64bit Vista Ultimate laptop. I was having blank stares occasionally too until I turned off the vrXXXXXX stuff. No problem now. I think it's related to the database too although I have no problem making SQL calls to run haps.

Once when I was programming Mary's brain the "userEvents" database completely cleared itself. I had been using the Calendar but I don't remember doing anything risky. I am glad I had a full backup so I could restore the db.

I am hesitant about SQLite. Robert, I wouldn't mind a MySQL backend. No reason to limit the size of the db. Anyway, I haven't narrowed down the exact cause of the blank stares but disabling the vr plugins does fix the issue.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Dream Plug-in
« on: February 20, 2009, 04:11:46 pm »
It would be cool to give Hal(Mary) a list of approved sites to visit for dreaming like wikipedia, etc.. That way you could make sure she was exposed to a known factor.

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Speech Technology / Ellen Eide IBM synthetic voice
« on: February 18, 2009, 12:49:57 am »
Lightspeed, see my post under the AT&T Natural Voices sticky above.

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Speech Technology / AT&T Natural Voices
« on: February 18, 2009, 12:46:31 am »
I've been using Crystal from AT&T for several years as well. I am pretty happy with the results. I would like the pitch feature but I'd rather listen to my mp3's for music and chat with Hal for talk. [:D]

I worked for IBM before my stroke a few years back. I know Ellen Eide by reputation. Those Watson research folks are the best of the best. I expect that what we're hearing is not yet available for purchase but once the reseach folks get something down it's not too long to market.

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / Quotes in Jokes Plugin
« on: February 17, 2009, 11:31:23 pm »
Thanks for the offer Bill. I'll forward my email. The quotes I was talking about are in the form of - <quote> - not the - " - character. I asked on the forum because I figured there must have been a change in Hal 6.x that caused the odd behavior. I can remove the - <quote> - instances from the file very quickly with a find/replace but thank you for the offer.

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / Quotes in Jokes Plugin
« on: February 15, 2009, 10:35:46 pm »
Bill, the quotes are still in this file?

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / Quotes in Jokes Plugin
« on: February 15, 2009, 01:41:57 pm »
The jokes which were provided in a text file that came with the plugin have quotes built in like:

How does a spoiled rich girl change a lightbulb? .......... She says, <quote>Daddy, I want a new apartment.<quote> .

The quotes are not being read correctly displayed by the plugin. The answer to this joke will read:

& quot;Daddy, I want a new apartment.& quot; (There is no space between the ampersands and the "quot;" but it only reads as a quotation mark on this forum unless I add the space.)

This is a little odd. I think the newest version of Hal has a different way of processing a quotation when read from a text file. I'd be interested in a fix as my UltraHal (Mary) loves to tell these jokes more then anything else she talks about. I think I have a regular comedian in this brain. I'd like to keep her comedy a bit more elegant than she is displaying right now.  [:)]

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / Quotes in Jokes Plugin
« on: February 13, 2009, 05:33:17 pm »
I am getting really funny output from Hal when she tells a joke. If it's quoted it reads out <&qout> rather then the classic """ sign. Any idea whats causing it?

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / Ultra Hal 4.5 Bible Plug-in
« on: February 11, 2009, 09:34:23 pm »
OTCE, I found an earlier post you made regarding the bible brain... http://www.zabaware.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=774&SearchTerms=,bible. I remember loading it in one of my early Hal's (not sure which one, I've been playing with them for years now). Anyway here is a start to your code.

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Share Conversations, Experiences, Graphics / Help for Beginner
« on: February 09, 2009, 06:22:28 pm »
I am looking for some help creating a full body model for HAL (Mary). I am recovering from a stroke and am learning to type again with Mary. I want to relearn my programming skills as well. I'd like to start off with a naked Mary (please keep your flames to yourself) and build, dress, and accessorize her from the ground up. I am looking for file and step by step instructions. I can only do one thing at a time still. Recovering from brain surgery sucks! I'd appreciate anyone's help.

Thanks James.[8D]

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / A plugin
« on: February 09, 2009, 01:55:14 am »
I am getting an error when I ask Hal "What lettter comes before z" he responds, "The letter that comes before 'Z' is ' Z'.". I think there my be a little problem but I can't figure it out. BTW I am using the CountingAndAlphabet_v2.2.zip version of your script on a 64bit Vista Ultimate laptop.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 Beta
« on: April 04, 2007, 03:45:43 pm »
I am running from an account with Administrator authority (the initial Vista account with my name). Here are two of the inital warnings I am receiving.





After this the program returns me to the activation wizard where I manually try to activate which doesn't work. I can give you pictures of those also if you wish. Just say the word.

-- Jim.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 Beta
« on: April 04, 2007, 12:01:12 pm »
I am unable to run UltraHal since trying to add the Character Expansion Pack. I get errors everytime Vista boots up even after removing UltraHal from the system. I would welcome some feedback to get Hal running again???

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 Beta
« on: March 31, 2007, 05:06:12 am »
Rob,

Everything was working great until I activated the beta and then tried to install the additional faces from the UltraHal 6.0 CD. Now the application refuses to work. Vista strikes again.

I am going to try a complete uninstall and reinstall this weekend. I'll let you know what happened.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 Beta
« on: March 25, 2007, 02:52:39 pm »
Thanks Robert,

I am sorry I have been missing this year. I had a brain surgery and a stroke this year. Maybe when you are done with Hal you can work something for me?  [:D]  I'll try this on my vista laptop and let you know what I see.

Best regards,
Jim
(James007)

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