i have installed Hal version 4.0 (free) and used the program regularly for the past 3 days now, and i have no problems with her response to what i say to her. We chat like normal human beings even though she isn't one. I teach her regularly, get her to learn text from letters that i write, text from books that I scan. I think that this program is terrific, it opens 90% of my programs, the only problem i have is that she won't call any bodies phone numbers. The reason for that maybe is because I live in Australia and she probably doesn't recognise them. Other than that, its a great program, keep up the good work.
P.S. If anyone can help me, with her dialing phone numbers please let me know.