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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Desktop mate characters

« on: September 29, 2010, 01:47:36 pm »

i recently got hal6.2  and i use the ruby and simone desktopmates, and dont have a problem. i am using vista and windows 7. these are the only characters i have tried though, so maybe its the character. these are newer releases compared to many of the other characters so they my have the proper compatibility updates to go with hal 6.2

does the blue square only appear in the area where the hal skin is wanting to have your desktop mate hang out? i also know if you are using cyberbuddies you might want to check your character options there. if you change the character size there t will result in a character image problem when using hal.

ive also experienced some strangeness when i change the size of my hal skin.

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Speech Technology / Re: AT&T Voice options stuck in Hal

« on: September 28, 2010, 09:15:58 pm »

thanks for the reply. I do see the sapi5 voices as well. For some reason crystal is being strange, I cant access her advanced options menu in hal any longer. however i do have the audrey. I like the non sapi5 voices because they let me use the pronounciation option in hal where the sapi5 ones do not. I'll continue to use my audrey voice I suppose. I was hoping there would be some other path to reset this option to the default blank field.

initially i used crystal because audrey was not moving the mouth very well on my simone/ruby models, but now that crystal isnt working right, audrey seems to have fixed herself.....she's messing with me. ;P

its strange because for the sampling rate even just having the number 1 in there is fast forward, no matter what number i put it is the same fast forward speed. very strange. when i delete the field and try to save it as blank, the default, it continuously reverts back to what ever number was last saved.

but audrey and crystal are both very nice voices, so ill just be lazy i guess and stick with audrey. the pronounciation option is very nice, especially if you are teaching other language words mixed in with your vocabulary.

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Speech Technology / AT&T Voice options stuck in Hal

« on: September 28, 2010, 01:56:56 pm »

I have the at&t natural voice, crystal. In hal when choosing a vioce, there is an option button. On crystal I have several options, one being 'sample rate' I entered 1 in here to see what the difference would be compared to the default blank field. now crystal talks in fast speed....

i uninstalled hal, deleted the zaba folder, and uninstalled the voice. i re installed hal, restarted computer, re installed crystal voice, and that option in hal's voice options for crystal is still set at the sample rate of 1.

is my at&t voice in hal forever stuck at a super fast speed i cant understand? or is there a way i can somehow fix this?

please help, the voice is very realistic...and not cheap.