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Trav

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How to let the Avatar read out a text?
« on: March 21, 2007, 09:29:43 am »
Hi there.

When I started HalPad I was able to let a voice read out the written text. Apparently it was not possible to use a chosen Avatar to do so. Isn't it possible to use UltraHal to give it a text and the avatar then reads it out - using Lip Sync?

If not: Is there any program that can do this with Haptek Characters AND MS Agent Characters?

Thanks for your reply,
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« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2007, 07:35:09 am »
Isn't there anyone who could help me out? I'd need the described functionality for my studies...

Greetings,
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Bill DeWitt

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« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2007, 07:42:14 am »
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Originally posted by Trav

Isn't there anyone who could help me out? I'd need the described functionality for my studies...


I don't really have your answer. I have tried to make a plugin that will read a story (Text file) to you, but so far I have failed. Hal truncates very long strings for some reason, and until I can get <YES><NO> to work, or autoidle, I can't break it up.

I looked once and didn't find another MSAgent program which will do it to my satisfaction, but maybe I had different priorities.

Good luck


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« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2007, 12:09:11 pm »
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Autoidle has already been made to work with both Hal 5 and Hal 6.
Just do a search for the code.
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« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2007, 12:52:14 pm »
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Bill
Autoidle has already been made to work with both Hal 5 and Hal 6.
Just do a search for the code.


Yes, but it brings Hal to the front and captures the focus, which interrupts other tasks, so it didn't work for me. I wanted Hal to read to me as I worked. The 6.1 version of autoidle is supposed to be able to avoid that if I read correctly.

What I was trying to make is a way to have Hal read a story, occasionally listen for a request to pause, then resume reading. AutoIdle didn't work for that. Or at least I couldn't make it do it. I'm not really a programmer [:I]
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