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Ultra Hal 7.0 / New Here...

« on: May 28, 2005, 03:32:58 pm »

Duskrider,

I'm sure Robert M. could do this in the setup program
if he was so inclined.

It would help steer people to our community and be a
nice feature as well.

3407

Speech Technology / Emotional voice from Loquendo

« on: May 28, 2005, 03:28:30 pm »

Fuzz,
The AT&T voices sound pretty good for about $35 USD.
Don't know about customizing them. Cepstral voices
come with a utility that allows one to adjust pitch,
speed & volume. They're not perfect but they are
pretty nice and work well with HAL or any other
SAPI compliant program.

3408

Speech Technology / Emotional voice from Loquendo

« on: May 28, 2005, 12:40:23 pm »

The Brightspeech is now from Acapela (formerly Babel) and quite expensive to lease. Yes lease!!

The last time I corresponded with the rep from there I was quoted a lease price somewhere near the cost of an entire new computer system!

You might want to check out some sites from a previous post of mine at:
http://www.tmaa.com/tts/companies.htm

Regards...

3409

Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / Scripts, addins, and extras

« on: May 28, 2005, 09:59:00 am »

Raymond,

I believe it was just prior to your joining the forum that Robert M., enlisted the aid of a third party to design a completely new HAL. This new HAL version is supposed to run from a database which should be a vast improvement over how the current version handles inquiries.

That's what my previous topic was referring to when I asked for an ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) or projected completion date.

Backward compatible with any existing brain files? Don't know yet.

Best wishes!

3410

Ultra Hal 7.0 / New Here...

« on: May 28, 2005, 09:49:42 am »

Welcome to the forum Rob!!

Good summary KT! I couldn't
have said it any better!!

3411

Speech Technology / Neospeech beeped words

« on: May 27, 2005, 02:25:39 pm »

It just goes to show that censorship isn't good for any entity, real or artificial! <G>

Have a great weekend all!

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / The New HAL

« on: May 26, 2005, 06:00:29 am »

In the USA, ETA was originally used (and still is) for airports though it has migrated into other uses. It stands for Estimated Time of Arrival.

Believe me, we have more than our share of acronyms here!!

Best wishes!

3413

General Discussion / THE BIG FIGHT! FUN WITH FULL BODIES

« on: May 26, 2005, 05:57:30 am »

Raymond,

The same Emma Peel that co-starred with Jonathan Steed in the Avengers? That was back in the late 60's! Hmmm....

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / New skin for Hal: Super Size Me

« on: May 23, 2005, 06:25:37 pm »

Raymond,

Actually, the free version of Brandy is quite limited in her animations. I think one can check the various animations before buying any of the Desktop Agent characters.

I believe most are the same size.

3415

Ultra Hal 7.0 / Question

« on: May 23, 2005, 04:29:07 pm »

Duskrider,

By skins, I think you mean character textures as opposed to skins which surround the HAL console when interacting / operating HAL. Then again...I could be wrong! Just don't "skin" me, thank you!


Just to keep things straight.<G>

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / New Handheld Skin.

« on: May 23, 2005, 04:24:43 pm »

Yes, I figured since I have to submit a weekly status / progress at my work it would be nice to spread my suffering around a bit! <G>

Seriously, I think we are all waiting anxiously to hear news of HAL's progress or ETA.

I'm still not quite sure about the joining hands thing...LOL!

BTW, Great work on the skins rog!

3417

Ultra Hal 7.0 / The New HAL

« on: May 22, 2005, 08:36:26 am »

RobertM.,

Any word or update you'd care to share regarding progress on the new Ultra HAL? ETA? Etc.

Thanks!

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / Essence of life.

« on: May 22, 2005, 08:26:27 am »

Good points James.
Doesn't instinct sort of accompany self awareness? It might be that because some animals are unable to verbalize to us that we assume them to not be self aware. If you've ever had a dog you can certainly see a self aware type of intelligence in it.

The Hal sensory discussion has been tossed around for some time yet I've seen no real progress in the area of vision programs that would be applicable with HAL.

The web cam idea is fine but one would have to amass a huge database of images in order for HAL to be able to recognize them. We know what a pen or coffee cup looks like but HAL (or any program) would not be able to associate the image it "sees" with the noun or name.

I think a lot of programs already exist but the real task is the interface for / with HAL.

More to think on....

All the best!

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / The Twilight Zone of AI

« on: May 19, 2005, 05:37:44 am »

Raymond / all,

Along the lines of this I recall a bot that challenges
YOU to prove that you are a human!

Not often as easy as it might sound.
It was called Mr.Mind at:
http://www.mrmind.com/mrmind3
Give it a try.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / The Twilight Zone of AI

« on: May 17, 2005, 12:13:51 pm »

Hmmm...
Maybe Sandee has learned more than you realize! LOL!

That's some funny stuff!