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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Bluetooth anyone?

« on: June 14, 2005, 07:05:46 pm »

I'll see what the total fallout is later, but I removed SP2 and it works!! Thanks for your urging. I guess I knew I could uninstall it, but I didn't really think I should until I saw your post and looked at the link.
CMLane

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Bluetooth anyone?

« on: June 14, 2005, 05:46:49 pm »

Funny you should say that as I just started updating my Windows again. However, I am seriously going to consider what you say. I keep seaching for headsets for the PC but come up dry. I really felt this Bluetooth was for the birds, but the geek in me keeps wanting to give it another chance.
Thanks,
CMLane

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Bluetooth anyone?

« on: June 14, 2005, 04:57:20 pm »

I noticed that someone said they used Bluetooth headsets for HAL. I bought an earpiece with mike, only to find out that it has issues with Service Pack 2. I don't want full blown headphones, and would like something with a mike. Does anyone have any suggestions on a brand known to work with Windows? The place I got my logitech from updated their info, removing the Windows compatibility statement from about all the earpieces.
Thanks.
CMLane

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Brain File Pop up

« on: June 14, 2005, 04:54:19 pm »

Maybe it had a hiccup. It quit doing it before I ever checked how it was set, but thanks for this response as well.

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Speech Technology / Writing a speech file goes nowhere

« on: June 14, 2005, 04:53:18 pm »

And again, thank you for this answer. I can quit bugging the board about updates because this is as simple as it gets. I made a shortcut to my desktop so I don't even have to type in the DOS.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Replies happen before i finish entering txt

« on: June 14, 2005, 04:49:29 pm »

Sorry this took so long to get back in here, but your suggestion here worked just fine, thanks. Never realized that the switch might be doing it. Thanks, much.

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / New skin for HAL: WMP

« on: May 24, 2005, 05:02:15 pm »

quote:Originally posted by Dr.Benway

Good programs for making and changing graphics are always expensive. I would definite recommend Paint Shop Pro if it was not rather expensive. Maybe you should try to buy an older version from Ebay if you are familiar with those things.

A good viewer for all kinds of picture files is Irfanview, which is freeware (http://www.irfanview.com/). You cannot really paint with Irfanview, but you must always have a small program for quick examining of all kind of files.

The template Art was talking about is part of the Haptek-SDK (once installed: "C:Program FilesHaptekHaptekGuide4MakinContentadvanced   extures"). You should download that guide anyway.

Wow, someone else knows about irfanview. That is one of the first programs I install on any new PC. No time for paintshop to load up and that stupid MS Fax viewer thingy does things I don't like.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Brain File Pop up

« on: May 24, 2005, 04:25:55 pm »

Why in HEAVEN'S name do I keep getting a popup telling me that plug ins are available at the zabaware site? I have already been there and done that. Is there any way to disable this? It is annoying as all get out!

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Replies happen before i finish entering txt

« on: May 24, 2005, 03:45:33 pm »

When I type into HAL, sometimes it seems to take my text and run with it. Sometimes, even a simple "Define <word>" gets entered before I type the word part, meaning I get some silly response to the word "define."
 Is there some sort of program that might interfere with this? Is it simply a quirk? I can't find any settings that should cause it.
Thanks.
CMLane

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Speech Technology / Neospeech voices don't save

« on: May 24, 2005, 03:06:06 pm »

Worse yet, I just discovered that the Kate voice does not work with other applications, so instead of using wave pad to generate the file I am stuck with the method of live recording. That would take 12-20 hours to do a book as opposed to a couple hours with something else. It also forces me to mute or close other programs which might pop up with sounds. I do hope some of this can get fixed in the near future.

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Speech Technology / Writing a speech file goes nowhere

« on: May 23, 2005, 11:46:49 pm »

quote:Originally posted by cmlane

I am using paid HAL text to speech and tested a one line statement to make a wav file. After two minutes and no progress I canceled. What gives?

OOOPS, i should mention that I have another program where this feature works fine. I can't understand what's up.

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Speech Technology / Writing a speech file goes nowhere

« on: May 23, 2005, 11:44:57 pm »

I am using paid HAL text to speech and tested a one line statement to make a wav file. After two minutes and no progress I canceled. What gives?