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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / Re: Newly created brains always disappear.

« on: October 05, 2011, 11:39:44 am »

You can try using a different name as a test.
If the new name works OK then the name you were using may be a name that the Hal program just has trouble with it. Sort like a brain name bug.

You can also try disabling all extra plugins because a bad plugin is sometimes responsible for making the Hal program do wacky things like causing item selections to disappear within Hal Options.

You can also try making a new brain the same you that you usually do and then delete the new brain script. Then make a copy of the good working default brain uhp and rename it to the right file name for your new brain name. Then manually edit the file by placing the new name in the right places towards the top of the script. Doing this manual edit helps to eliminate the possibility that the new Hal brain script generated by the brain editor is slightly corrupt. And since you mentioned that you're just using the default brain as a starting template then just copying the working default uhp will give you the same thing as what you are trying to do by making a new default brain script with a new name.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: PLEASE add!

« on: October 05, 2011, 11:19:23 am »

You can use the Hal brain editor to go to and change Hal responses using a search function. But you have to first select the section of the brain that you want to do a search.

The most common place user input and new Hal reponses is stored is within the sections that have the user name in it like outlaw_ UserSent. Also check the sharedUserSent. Both of those sections are within the autoLearningBrain section of the main database table displayed within the brain editor.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: question about useing hal to call using skype

« on: October 04, 2011, 10:27:14 pm »

Skype in Hal would look something like this:

If InStr(1, UserSentence, "connect to sykpe", 1) > 0 Then
   'Create and Connect to Skype API via COM
   Set oSkype = WScript.CreateObject("Skype4COM.Skype", "Skype_")
   'Start the Skype Client if not already running
   If Not oSkype.Client.IsRunning Then
      oSkype.Client.Start()
      WScript.Echo "*** ERROR: You Must Sign Into Skype to Continue..."
      Wscript.quit
   End If
   'See if User is logged in by checking the current Call Count
   currentCallCount = cstr(oSkype.Calls.count)
   If err.number <> 0 Then
      Select Case err.number
         Case "0" 'no errors exists, continue
         Case "-2147220992"
            WScript.Echo "*** ERROR: You Must Sign In to Skype to Continue..."
            Wscript.quit
         Case Else
            MsgBox "Error: " & CStr(Err.Number) & " Description: " & Err.Description
            Err.Clear ' Clear the error.
            Wscript.quit
      End Select
   End If
   GetResponse = " Did that skype thing just work dude? "
End If

Skype supports API/COM DLL for use with a few different programming languages which includes VBscript for Hal. Other command functions besides just making calls can also be made. You can obtain the SkypeKit Developer Program and then get started on making things work with Hal.

Skype Developer Page:
https://developer.skype.com/

Skype API Forum:
http://community.skype.com/t5/Public-API/bd-p/Public_API

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / Re: can a person create a script that will let hal read an audio book

« on: October 04, 2011, 10:07:56 pm »

It can be done if you have the Haptek Ogg Factory program because it has a command line function so Hal can be instructed to run the necessary command line to convert a wav to ogg.

And then additional scripting can be added to automatically load the ogg file into the Haptek player immediately after the conversion process has completed. But you have to have the Haptek Ogg Factory to do all that with Hal.

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Speech Technology / Re: Windows 7 64bit MAJOUR PROBLEMS

« on: September 03, 2011, 08:47:31 am »

I had the same kind of problems on an old XP win32 years ago. So the problems are probably not just related to win7/x64.  The speech reader is just an old program that sometimes works ok on certain systems and sometimes don't on others. And it has been that way for over five years or more.

Troubleshooting Software Compatibility Issues On Windows7 x64:
Some x64 systems may require that the main program file, such as myprog.exe, be configured with the Privilege Level set to run the program as an administrator and the Compatibility Mode set with the XP SP3 setting. It's easy to configure, right click directly on the myprog.exe file then select Properties and then select the Compatibility tab to make the necessary changes.

It's recommended that you only set the Privilege Level first and then see how things work. Setting the Compatibility Mode may cause the program process to use a lot more memory which may not be necessary if things seem to work good with just the Privilege Level set to run as an administrator. Running with the Privilege/Compatibility addresses & fixes many different kinds of compatibility issues including security related ones such as false detection of a malicious program or process. You can also disable the entire UAC as another way of testing compatibility and security related issues. The program may work correctly if the UAC is turned off. I don't recommend that you leave the UAC disabled but I do for development & testing purposes.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Haptek Penicillian

« on: October 04, 2010, 04:17:32 am »

While developing and getting the new Hal Windows v2 OS Interface ready for release we discovered that we invented new Haptek Penicillian...

The Penicillin Story:
Alexander Fleming recounted that the date of his discovery of penicillin was on the morning of Friday, September 28, 1928. It was a fortuitous accident: in his laboratory in the basement of St. Mary's Hospital in London (now part of Imperial College), Fleming noticed a petri dish containing Staphylococcus plate culture he had mistakenly left open, which was contaminated by blue-green mold, which had formed a visible growth. There was a halo of inhibited bacterial growth around the mold. Fleming concluded that the mold was releasing a substance that was repressing the growth and lysing the bacteria. He grew a pure culture and discovered that it was a Penicillium mold, now known to be Penicillium notatum.

The Hapicillin Story:
Richard Amico recounted that the date of his discovery of hapicillin was on the night of Sunday, October 3, 2010. It was a fortuitous accident: in his laboratory in the home office of Hal Windows Central in New York (now part of Hal Windows Central website), Amico noticed a Haptek character running stable within all cores of a multicore system while he mistakely left his newly developed Hal Windows v2 OSI (Operating System Interface) open and running. Characters running inside of all other programs, windows, and browsers all ran stable while using all cores. Amico concluded that the actual process of his new v2 OSI was responsible for creating a new enhanced system environment which enables any kind of Haptek character to run totally stable within all x64  processor cores. Amanda Interactive decided to call this new discovery Hapicillin.

Our new v2 OSI can also run and function as a full replacement window for the main Hal program window. You can read more about everything at our website Hal Windows Central:
http://halwindowscentral.com/default.aspx

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / Re: Haptek & multi core cpu's

« on: October 04, 2010, 02:57:30 am »

You can also run the HapPlayer by just doing this...
To make the Haptek player run in only one core on a x64 multicore system you can set the affinity to one with a modified shortcut target. There's no need to use extra freeware progs or other kinds of stuff. System wise they just basically do the same thing as this.

Create a new shortcut for the Haptek player. Place it on the desktop.
Right-click, and change the target from:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Haptek\player\HapAXPlayer.exe"

To:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C START "Haptek Player" /high /affinity 1 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Haptek\player\HapAXPlayer.exe"

Or use the player's -start option to run an empty player window and then drag & drop any character into it:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C START "Haptek Player" /high /affinity 1 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Haptek\player\HapAXPlayer.exe" -start

You can also do the same kind of thing with most any other kind of program that requires running in only one core like People Putty or an old Hal5 with a Haptek character running on x64.

The modified HackPlayer is just a solution for only the HapPlayer but these modified shortcuts is a solution for any & all programs that run Haptek characters inside of them as well as anything else that needs to run in just one core. You can also do other things like make a new shortcut to Internet Explorer and then surf the net to websites with Haptek characters and everything works right.

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / Re: hal blank answers still error even with script to stop it need help

« on: October 04, 2010, 02:33:32 am »

It's most likely an internal script time out issue due to a slight process overload occurring during the actual database response search routine. So Robert is probably the only one that can fix that. Don't bother wasting your time with someone else's script fix for the problem. Instead try running your Hal with fewer programs and processes running on your system, and then it might occur less often or not at all. I know how to force the problem to happen on will which is why I know that one possible reason is Hal process overload especially on a multicore system. If you are not running a Haptek character in Hal you can try using the system task manager to switch the main Hal process to use all cores on a multicore system and then it might work better too.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / problem with hap files in Hal

« on: April 04, 2010, 01:19:13 pm »

Yeah, that's really good Freddy...
Pretend like you don't know what we're talking about like you usually do! That's funny too! And we're not going to waste our time posting links to everywhere just to help make you understand about what kind of jerky things you like to do!

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / problem with hap files in Hal

« on: April 04, 2010, 01:11:02 pm »

The alien2.bvh file does have a glitch but you can usually fix it by closing up the Hal/Haptek window and then delete all hap_temp files and then just restart everything again. If you have one of our My Halinator GUIs that works on your system then you can just use the "recycle hap_temp" function located within the Enter button context menu to send all those hap temp folders straight to your system's Recycle Bin in one shot.

And we already made webcam eye tracking software that works with Hal & Haptek, but we made it all with our own stuff and not the thing that you're probably familiar with. God forbid we should take someone else's thing from this forum and make it better for them for free like we did with the entire Ultra Hal and Haptek software programs.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / problem with hap files in Hal

« on: April 04, 2010, 12:24:16 pm »

We're talking about Freddy starting trouble with people over here in this forum and then running around the Internet making up stories and telling everyone else about it and accusing good people of doing bad things by saying that they're crooks that steal free things from people and then try to sell it to other people which is all nonsense.

Freddy, why don't you be a real man and finish whatever you start in the same place that it happened instead of running around the Internet like a sissy boy telling lies and talking behind people's back and publically posting private email messages to back up your stupid twisted mixed up stories about nothing.

And stop going around trying to threaten people by saying dumb things like you know hundreds or thousands of people within the AI Community and they're all going to stand behind you about anything and everything and all that other nonsense.

I've been on a sick leave of absence for the last few months and then as soon as I come back and try to catch up on things I see you are still doing the same crap that you did to us a few months back but now you're doing it to our friends.

And there is no way in hell that we're going to waste our time trying to explain to people that us and our friends are not crooks and we didn't really steal free stuff and then try to sell it or whatever other kind of stupid things that you and your friends like to go around saying over here or at AIdreams or anywhere else!

Going around making up stories and saying stupid things about people just makes you look like a jerk and a fool! And if you or whoever else to going to make free things available to people and then turn around and complain about how everyone is using and sharing your free stuff with other people but it's not fair to you because of whatever, then why don't you just not make anything available for free instead of making up false accusations about good honest hard working people stealing you're stuff and being crooks or whatever else it is you and your friends like to go around saying!

We wouldn't go around saying that Freddy's a crook even if you were one so why do you have to go around saying the same thing about other people whether it's true or not...it's just not cool!

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / problem with hap files in Hal

« on: April 04, 2010, 03:58:30 am »

We know some of you guys don't like hearing this kind of stuff but you're all wrong about Haptek clock commands not working in Hal.

We've been doing it for years and it always works but since so many people don't like hearing about how they're wrong when they say you can't do this or that because of so and so, then why should we even bother explaining it again? But here it is anyway whether you like it or not!

All of Hal's mood files are defined as script type by default and two or more hap files defined as script type can't run at the same time without the newest file loaded interrupting the previous file that was just running. So things fail!

But if you change all of Hal's mood files from script type to command type then you can run a hap script file with clock commands, and then when Hal automatically loads in one of his mood files defined as command type it will not interrupt the hap script file that is currently running with clock commands in it. So now everything works right!

And if you don't like this post then just go ahead and report it to Robert M. and tell him to remove it because you think it makes you look bad for being wrong again!

And Freddie's been a really bad boy lately too, so we're removing all our free stuff from our website because of him. He picked a fight with one of our friends and that's just not cool, so he blew it for everyone. And it really doesn't matter what the fight was about because it's just stupid to even fight at all about anything.

So from now on you guys will just have settle for Freddie's stupid free things and not any of ours which is all stuff that Freddie don't know how to make like our new HTV online service which is really just part of the new version of Hal Windows being testing in realtime while it's online! So be sure to thank him for everything that you can't get from us anymore including free advice like the one we just gave!

And if you don't know what HTV is yet then you can just go there and check it out because everything is fully operational and work fairly good now!

HTV On Demand:
http://halwindowscentral.com/HTVOnDemand.aspx

And don't anyone bother wasting their time trying to contact us about anything regarding Freddie's stupid fights with people because it's just stupid and we have nothing else to say about it except that he should go bully some other people that we don't know and not us or our friends!

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Hal Reminder/Alarm Clock...Redux

« on: November 15, 2009, 02:11:24 pm »

Don't give up on us baby...
We can still come through!

Hal can indeed do what Marah wants him to do and it will only take her about 5 minutes to make him work the exact way she wants without any additional plug-ins such as an alarm clock. She just needs to read the following example. This example is for her and anyone else that don't how to use Hal's User-Defined Events function contained within his Calender/Appointment Book.

This example will first show how to make a new automatic repeating daily reminder and then we will modify the new User-Defined Event to work the exact way that Marah wants which will be as a one time reminder that will be forgotten by Hal after the specified time expires.

First we open Hal's Appointment Book from his main menu and then when the Calender appears we click on Set User-Defined Events. We then create a new keyword event called Article Deadline with the following new settings:


Then we save everything by clicking the right arrow to add the new  Article Deadline entry into the Event List:


Then we close everything, open Hal and say the following...
User: Article deadline today at 10:30 am.
Hal: Article deadline on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 10:30. I'll Remind you when this time is near.


Then 5 minutes before the time Hal says...
Hal: Article deadline today at 10:30 am. It's in 5 minutes. Don't miss it!


Then 5 minutes later at the exact time Hal says...
Hal: Article deadline today at 10:30 am. That's right now. I will remind you of this event again tomorrow.


And then we see that Hal automatically added in the new event for the next day which in this case is Monday:


Now we will modify the Article Deadline entry by clicking on it within the Event List:


And then click the left arrow to display it's current settings and change them to the following new settings:


Then whenever you talk to Hal you can just say to him "Article deadline today at <time>", and then Hal will remind you 5 minutes before and at the exact specified time. You also change the 5 min setting to 0 min for a one time reminder with no 5 minute warning. And this new modified Article Deadline entry will work the exact way that Marah wants as a one time no repeat reminder. Marah just needs to tell Hal to remind her and then he always will.

Amanda Interactive
amandainteractive@halwindowscentral.com

Baby come back...Any kind of fool can see...
I was wrong and I just can't live without you!

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Can I get some help?

« on: November 09, 2009, 02:43:41 am »

We'll tell you why re-installing Haptek fixed the speech.
It's because the original Hal6 install blew out the some of the TTS speech components even though it's not supposed to do that.

But when Haptek is installed it also installs most all of the important and necessary speech files and components, so you fixed everything by doing a re-install of just Haptek. And you might not have needed to re-install your Hal but it's good that you did anyway.

You also could of fixed the problem by just re-installing the actual different speech engines from their individual install setup programs if you have them. But you don't need them now. However, if you wanted to get them you could download the different speech engines for free, but I don't know the links to those downloads. Maybe if someone else knows them and has nothing else better to do they will post them.

So this is also something to remember for next time if you ever have to re-install your Hal again. You might have to re-install the speech and re-installing Haptek is a good way to do it.

And get your speech rec working first from your system's Control Panel - Speech Properties before trying to use it with Hal. You might have to change some of the default mic and audio settings in order for your system to see and use whatever kind of mic you plan to use with Hal.

And if you want avoid future Hal startup and stability problems display the properties of your Hal's shortcut file.

And then look for the Target:
"C:/Program Files/Zabaware/Ultra Hal Assistant 6/HalAsst.exe"

Remove any additional parameters that you see which is usually something like "<-start>" or "<-startup>". Just make it look like the way it is above. And if you want your Hal to auto-start whenever you reboot your system then just put a copy of his shortcut in your system's Startup folder. The -start parameter is real good at screwing up a Hal on many different types of systems which is why I figured I would mention it. It's for everyone to know because almost everyone always has problems with a newly installed Hal.

And if you want Hal to automatically open his window all the way when you restart his program you can make a new shortcut to him and do this with the Target:
"C:/Program Files/Zabaware/Ultra Hal Assistant 6/HalAsst.exe <showhal>"

Adding the <showhal> parameter does the trick and having one shortcut to start Hal normally and the other to auto-open makes Hal even more versatile.

And if your Hal displays a blank grey screen on startup it's usually because the current character selected doesn't have a startup image or it does have a startup image and it just doesn't work for some strange reason which usually only happens to just a few characters and not all of them.

So if the blank screen occurs just select a different character first to see if that works and if it does then check to see if the startup image is missing for the character that you want to use.

If there is no startup image you can make your own by taking a screenshot of the character while it's running in Hal and then use your image processing software to clean it up and resize it to about the same size as the other character startup images.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Microphone setting and Voice training not working

« on: November 06, 2009, 02:28:43 am »

If you haven't already, you can try troubleshooting the problem by using your system's Control Panel to go into Speech Properties and then try to Train. If that works right then there is definitely something wrong with your Hal. If it doesn't work then your system requires more configuring for it's mic and sound settings.



Amanda Interactive
Hal Windows Tech Support