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Ultra Hal 7.0 / HAL responding to its name only

« on: October 27, 2004, 03:12:13 am »

Hello Richard,
I would completely agree with your analysis. I think, I've played with the mic settings long enough and that didn't change much with regard to the loops.

I understand that for detachable characters it might be a problem to implement this feature correctly as explained in this thread. However, for non-detachable characters this seems not to be a great challenge (please, correct me if I'm wrong).

I wonder why Zabaware don't improve this feature right away? Where does the change lie: in character or HAL code? If there is a technical help required, I'm ready to help investigate this issue.

The main problem here is that they charge money mostly for this voice feature, which is practically unusable as it is delivered.

Thank you All for your help,
Giga

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / HAL responding to its name only

« on: October 26, 2004, 02:51:34 pm »

I've searched the archives and found the way to make HAL respond only when it's spoken. It's a very simple code (thanks ER1 guys! - I'm getting more familiar with VB now []).

However, mic-speaker-mic loops still occur for me. It's less critical when using the above technique, but I wonder what's wrong with my configuration if this feature is working for others.

BTW, the last topic is discussed under "Prevent HAL from listening when it is talking" - any ideas???

Giga

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Prevent HAL from listening when it is talking

« on: October 26, 2004, 02:45:14 pm »

Yes, I tried to use 2D non-detachable characters, but it's all the same. I found a way to make HAL respond only when the query starts by HAL's name, but I don't see MIC ever switched off.

Giga

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Prevent HAL from listening when it is talking

« on: October 26, 2004, 01:04:35 pm »

Well, maybe we're using different versions of HAL (mine is 5.0.57), but from what I can see "Microphone is ON" message stays under the Character window all the time. I would expect that the message would change if the mic goes off when HAL is speaking.

I tried to reboot my machine and it didn't make any difference. Is there anything I can switch off in Windows to make the situation better? AFAIK, my mic is off...

Thanks
Giga

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / HAL responding to its name only

« on: October 25, 2004, 11:05:35 am »

I've tried 2D non-detachable character called Julia and the behavior is the same. I say something and when Julia answers, HAL starts to speak to itself...

Do I have to do anything special to enable microphone automatic toggle?

Thanks
Giga

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / HAL responding to its name only

« on: October 21, 2004, 06:06:35 am »

Sorry for not explaining myself correctly. What I meant was whether I can trigger HAL's responses only when I say a magic word (Merlin or HAL for example)?

Currently, if mic is ON, HAL is constantly picking up background noises. I'm wondering if there is a way to make HAL respond only when my sentences start in a predefined way. For instance:
1) Merlin, can you help me? => Is processed
2) Can you help me? => Is discarded

Thanks a lot
Giga

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Prevent HAL from listening when it is talking

« on: October 21, 2004, 05:39:41 am »

That's right - I can manually switch the mic on and off. However, I think it will be great if HAL does this for me:
 - Switch the mic off when HAL starts responding
 - Switch the mic on when HAL stops responding

The change should be fairly simple and I believe it will greatly improve the quality of conversation because it should prevent mic-speaker-mic loops.

Am I missing anything here?

Thanks a lot
Giga

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Prevent HAL from listening when it is talking

« on: October 20, 2004, 03:10:42 pm »

Hello,

Is there a way to prevent HAL from listening while it is responding to user's queries? This way it should disregard its own speech coming out of speakers.

I suppose, mic-speaker-mic loops can be prevented with such a simple change, can't they?

Thanks in advance,
Giga

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / HAL responding to its name only

« on: October 20, 2004, 02:09:12 pm »

Hello,

Can I make HAL to respond only when it's spoken to? This would be of great help when talking to it using a microphone.

Thanks
Giga