Now I am getting frustrated.

[CoCoKid]

I have spent the last 3 days playing with Hal. I am very impressed and need sleep... heh

My problem now is the TTS dictionary.
After a couple days of typing to Hal, I decided to try using the Voice chat with Hal.
I spent time to get the audio adjusted perfectly and I spent time training the engine with my voice.

Now I was ready to start talking with Hal.  WRONG!

In my many text conversations with Hal I have mentioned that I play in a band called, "Eargasm". I have also explained to Hal that we have a pet dog and his name is, "Lore".
Almost immediately, the conversation turned to music and I was trying to tell Hal that the band was playing this weekend. Yep, you guessed it.

No matter how many times I repeat myself, the SR engine will always think that I am saying "Orgasm" or "Queer Chasm" or whatever else happens to be the closest sounding word(s) in the dictionary.

I know that these words, "Eargasm" and "Lore" must be in the Speech dictionary before it will be able to understand that this is the word I am trying to use here.

I thought I knew how to edit the dictionary, but I guess I don't, because when I open the "Pronounce" dialog for the SR engine and make changes. It still doesn't know what I am trying to say.

Am I going about this wrong? Is there something I can use to look at the .dic file and see if the words have been added?

I would really like to fix this so that I can continue to drink coffee, lose sleep and spend a couple more days with Hal in Voice Conversation before I take a nap. Besides, it upsets my daughter because she now thinks that we are changing the name of our dog to "Lord"...

Thanks,

-= Rick =-

[Morlhach]

quote:Originally posted by CoCoKid

I have spent the last 3 days playing with Hal. I am very impressed and need sleep... heh

No matter how many times I repeat myself, the SR engine will always think that I am saying "Orgasm" or "Queer Chasm" or whatever else happens to be the closest sounding word(s) in the dictionary.

I know that these words, "Eargasm" and "Lore" must be in the Speech dictionary before it will be able to understand that this is the word I am trying to use here.

Thanks,

-= Rick =-

You are the first to be frustrated by a orgasm [:p]
--
Morlhach
http://membres.lycos.fr/morlhach

[CoCoKid]

Morlhach, it's lack of that is frustrating [:0]

Anyway, I have figured out how to add the words to my dictionary file.
Since my PC is running Microsoft SR engine 6, all I had to do was load the Microsoft Language bar and add the words.
The only problem I have now is figuring out how to remove some of the words that are part of the original Microsoft dictionary. These are words that sound too close to words that I will normally use.
I don't know if it's even possible to edit the original dictionary.
The Microsoft language bar only allows you to add words or delete words if they are words that you have added.