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« on: February 09, 2002, 04:29:41 pm »
Tinman, I just downloaded Ultra Hal Advanced and also integrated a couple of the faces I got from Desktop mates. There are pretty detailed instructions else where on this forum on how to integrate any Microsoft agent into Hal and I like it that the faces do not have to reside in the Hal "box" all the time. I also like the "spontaneous" responses that CyberBuddy allows. However, I notice a little difference between the voice I have selected for the DeskTop Mate and the voice I hear when HAL talks to me. I'm using the same "voice" but I thing the speech engine is a little different between the two programs. I have not had sufficient time to research this problem. The DeskTop Mate voice is better than the one I get with Hal so I'd like to find out why there's a difference. Did you have to do anything special to get the same voice? Also, since it is so easy to integrate MS Agents into Hal, you think Zabaware would have a function that would automatically install MS Agents.
I am getting ready to install Dragon Naturally Speaking software onto my computer and try speech recognition. Here, I'd like the ability to use CyperBuddy's method of using text balloons to repeat the text and get rid of the "HAL Box" entirely. This would possibly resolve another problem that I have observed. Sometimes I experience problems getting the DeskTop Mate to perform a CyberBuddy task (like check the e-mail) when the HAL box is active. This is a minor problem as HAL "goes to sleep" after a couple of minutes, releasing control of the DeskTop Mate to CyberBuddy. I believe that these three companies (Zabaware, CyberBuddy, and DeskTop Mates) should form a joint venture or implement a teaming relationship to capitalize on the strengths of each. This would, I believe, produce a truly impressive product.
Mark Laris