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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Error 52 in line 1879 of column 6???

« on: February 02, 2005, 06:02:40 am »

You can check out the link below for additional help.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/script56/html/vsmscsyntaxerrors.asp

3632

Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / XTF problems

« on: February 02, 2005, 05:51:32 am »

pants,

You might try the download section now that it's working again.
I don't believe there was any problems with the file.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / problem with communicating with HAL

« on: February 01, 2005, 07:02:53 pm »

Brian,

That error is usually the result of a missing quote (") from the end of a line of code.

Did the error message indicate a line number?
If so, you can open the brain editor and go to that line number to look for a possible missing end or closing quote.

Sometimes this happens if or when a line of code gets split or carried down to the next line like:
Val (str$) = "This is
a quote"

or something similar.

Lastly, make sure you do a recent update and scan for viruses.

Hope this helps.

3634

Ultra Hal 7.0 / supercalafragilisticexpealadociuos

« on: February 01, 2005, 06:30:18 pm »

Uh...KT...if it's not a real word, how do you know how it's spelled?
Hmmmm....?<G>

3635

Speech Technology / Valley Girl has left the building!

« on: February 01, 2005, 05:31:29 pm »

Scott,

We can only hope!!

Follow the link below then click on Interactive Demo and select
the Valley Girl voice. You can input your own text for her voice to speak.

http://www.rhetorical.com/tts-en/industry/portals.html

Remember and be in awe for you are listening to a $2500 / 3 months voice!!

Enjoy!

3636

General Discussion / Virtual Intelligence Matrix

« on: February 01, 2005, 04:59:43 am »

I couldn't agree more!<g>

3637

General Discussion / General Discussion Forum

« on: January 31, 2005, 09:10:40 pm »

I agree Robert...A capital idea!!

3638

General Discussion / Custom Avatars

« on: January 31, 2005, 09:08:51 pm »

OK Robert,
Thanks for listening and for the new forum areas.

Here's my avatar.

3639

Ultra Hal 7.0 / problem with communicating with HAL

« on: January 31, 2005, 08:57:45 pm »

Brian,
Welcome to the forum!

First what version of Hal are you using (free, purchased)?
What is your operating system (98, XP) and memory?
What brain file are you using (default, XTF, etc.)?
Have you edited or changed anything in the brain file? If so, what?

Let us know and we'll try to resolve your problem.

3640

Ultra Hal 7.0 / No weather info

« on: January 31, 2005, 08:52:55 pm »

Kathryn,

Just like Chicken soup is good for the soul,
defragmenting is chicken soup for your hard drive.

As to why Hal terminates, Try running Hal as you normally
would, quit, then SHUT DOWN windows.

Wait a bit, restart windows then restart Hal and see if
you still get the message about Hal wasn't properly shut down...etc.

Let us know.

3641

Speech Technology / Valley Girl has left the building!

« on: January 31, 2005, 07:31:19 pm »

Well, I've just spent the past half hour getting passed from person to person. I've been looking for a TTS voice that used to be called Valley Girl by Rhetorical Systems.

Rhetorical Systems has been bought out and is now a part of ScanSoft.

After finally getting to speak with a sales rep, he informed me that the Valley Girl voice has been retired. After talking to him about comparative prices for professional TTS voices (AT&T, etc.) I asked him if he couldn't see his way to help me out. After I explained to him in great detail that I was just an average guy experimenting with an AI program and wanted to use a rather unique TTS voice for my speech output, he finally offered me a "deal."

He said, (you all sitting down?...), "I can sell you a three month lease of the voice for...$2500.00 US!!!!!!!

After I told him how far out of the ballpark he was, he told me that their company is looking more for professional/corporate clients and telephony applications!
Gosh! Do ya think?!

The day I shell out $2500.00 for a female TTS voice, it had better come with a girl attached!!!(then again, the wife probably wouldn't be too thrilled with that either!).

So, Goodbye Rhetorical, Goodbye Scansoft! Don't even ask how we ended our conversation! And don't bother asking them for any of their TTS telephony voices...unless you've got an extra few grand burning a hole in your pockets!

As Paul Harvey used to say..."Now you know the rest of the story."
Good Day!

3642

General Discussion / Virtual Intelligence Matrix

« on: January 31, 2005, 04:09:00 pm »

Quantum flux phenomenon matrix stuff and things!!
Why can't they just use plain english?!

Reminds me of the old, "If ya can't dazzle them with brilliance,
baffle them with bulls**t! Lightyears I tell ya...lightyears!!

3643

Ultra Hal 7.0 / Making SKINS for full body

« on: January 31, 2005, 04:00:47 pm »

Which is it...Aitor or Airtor?

I have not seen any skins for the Haptek full body male. The one in the directory listed below has a pullover shirt, blue jeans and canvas deck shoes. I suppose one could design a new set of clothes for him by means of a template similar to the full body female.

With the Haptek development kit you should be able to find a torso and full body for female and male. They would be located in your:

C:/ProgramFiles/Haptek/HaptekGuide4/MakinContent/animating/haptars

(change the forward slashes "/" to back slashes)

Good luck!

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Making SKINS for full body

« on: January 31, 2005, 05:28:46 am »

By using a paint program like PSP or Photo Shop along with a
template of the full body figure.

You can click the SEARCH option at the top right of the page.
Type in the word(s) FULL BODY, SKINS, CRUNCH, TEMPLATE.
This should lead you to some of the many topic discussions
about skin creation / development.

3645

Ultra Hal 7.0 / No weather info

« on: January 31, 2005, 05:18:25 am »

Let's say you have installed and deleted many, many files, over and over, since you've had the computer.
This leaves small gaps on the surface of the hard drive. Pretty soon, it (microscopically) begins to look checkerboarded. Deleted data causing holes /gaps. The hard drive has to jump around the platter in order to locate and execute its program. This is time (even in milliseconds) that is wasted and will slow your computer.

Defrag sort of reorganized the data on your drive into contigous (programs and files that are close but not touching) sections. This allows the computer to find its program / files and execute them faster.

Usually windows will allow you to set limits or even inform you when a system defrag needs to be done.

If it reports only a few percent, don't worry about it.

Hope this helps and good luck.