install

[dock]

hello Dr.benway

i tried it , but hal stil "block's" at the "error"screen.[V]

so i did what you asked.
downloaded the file to my desktop, renamed it to User.hla
dropped that file to C:programfiles\zabawareULTRAHALASSISTANT5.0

there was already a file named that way, and i changed it for the new file. I opened hal with the exe file in that same map ...

have i done everything right?
maybee i can install an earlier version of hal? to see if that works?

greetings dock

[Bill819]

One last suggestion. Right click on Hal and goto the general options.
Select a 2D character. Select one of the voices supplied with Hal, not one you downloaded somewhere else. Select the default Hal brain which is version 5.0. Select the skin from one of the defaults that came with Hal. Click on the apply button at the bottom of the screen and then click on OK.
The message of 'you did not shut down properly' means that some how your computer was shut down before Hal could save all of its settings. Some people just turn off their computers without waiting for the system to close all of its files. Hal writes every time you turn off your pc.
Hope this works.
Bill

[Dr.Benway]

Personally I only have HAL version 5.0.

Are you sure that "user.hla" is the only config-file in the main directory of HAL right now? Please delete any other file with the extension ".hla". You should only have "user.hla" in there.




BTW. Ik spreek ook Nederlands, als dat gemakkelijker voor je is.

[dock]

hello

hallo dr.benway,

in het nederlands zou het inderdaad stukken makkelijker zijn []
ik heb een printscreen gemaakt van mijn folder van UltraHalASSISTANT

http://
http://lode_oudebrouckx.spymac.net/download/folder.JPG

ik heb inderdaad maar 1 .hla file (diegene die ik van jouw gedownload heb) en links van de map zie je waar hal blijft steken ...

ik hoop dat we eruitkomen )
groetjes en toch al bedankt voor de moeite hé !!!

for who doesn't understand dutch []

i have only one .hla file in my map ... see the printscreen-link
above, and my error screen that appears when i try to run hal

@ BILL819

i tried to run a 2D character, and all you asked( all standard UltraHalASSISTANT5.0 stuff) but he still stops loading the animated character & speech recognition screen (my "error"-screen)

any sugestions left?
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don't get me wrong, i appreciate all of your work and time helping me !!!!

thanks a lot ![]

[Dr.Benway]

Dock, I deinstalled and installed Hal again, but this time Hal did not stop at my splash screen at first startup. Just too bad!

Because I had the same problem in the past I am convinced that the problem has to do somehow with the Microsoft Text-to-speech-engine trying to work under a Dutch version of Windows XP.

Nou ja, als je er zoveel moeite voor over hebt, dan moeten we er toch uit komen? Funktioneert de Text-to-speech-engine eigenlijk wel op je computer? Wanneer je naar het configuratiepaneel gaat en daar "Spraak" kiest, dan zie je als het goed is op het tweede tabblad "Van tekst naar spraak". Je kan dan een stem selekteren en een voorbeeld van een stem horen. Werkt dat bij jou?
En als je naar het volgende tabblad gaat kan je het "Sapi 4"-configuratievenster openen. Is dat bij jou ook zo?

[Darius]

Just an idea, why don't try to focus the seach field.

Try an Haptek application, It's easy, just enter to their site and look for the examples. http://haptek.com

Try download an application with text to speech and test if the text to speech application works, if you don't know any I provide one I changed a little from somewhere.


if both work try installing HAPTEK utilities

if still the same;

Download Attachment: TTslist.zip
8.16 KB it's HAL application.

[dock]

dr.benway

blijkbaar heb ik maar 1 tabblad ...

http://
http://lode_oudebrouckx.spymac.net/download/test-naar-spraak.JPG

en als ik op voorbeeld van stem duw, hoor ik hem inderdaad dat zinnetje zeggen.Het andere tabblad kan ik niet vinden, sorry.

@ DARIUS

hello, i surfed to hatek.com and a lovely lady guided my trough their website.(witch speech)

there are several product's to download, witch do you recommend?
and i downloaded your zip file, i unzipped it, and runnend the exe file but following error appeared:

http://lode_oudebrouckx.spymac.net/download/ttslist.JPG

and when i double clicked on any kind of voice, that same error appeared...

i hope this can be a way to a solution...

greetings
and thanks for the help !

Isn't it ironic? lernout and hauspie are also from belgium [][][]

no wonder people here said that they were selling air [8D][8D]

[dock]

hello again,

If it could help,i installed a text to voice program (natural voice reader free) (from www.freedownloads.com)

it worked with any text file ...

greetings dock []

[Dr.Benway]

Dag Dock,

De drie tabbladen zijn bij mij getiteld:
1. spraakherkenning,
2. van tekst naar spraak,
3. overige

Het derde tabblad heeft een button naar het SAPI4-configuratiepaneel. Aangezien je dit tabblad niet hebt, neem ik aan dat SAPI4, of in elk geval, SAPI4a van Microsoft niet op je pc zijn geinstalleerd. Deze engines regelen de spraak op je computer.

Misschien dat de volgende pagina met downloads van Microsoft je verder kan helpen?

http://www.microsoft.com/msagent/downloads/user.asp#sapi

Veel succes!

[dock]

hello everybody !!!


I'm in a very good mood today, because ,
HAL run's !!!![8D][8D]
he is alive and kicking...

how i ( i prefer WE ) done it?
i don't exactly know ...

i was trying to upload some photo's from an SD memory stick
and my computer hangs...

i use a laptop and i couldn't quit it with desktop manager
so i had to remove the battery and the external power supply [:I][:I][:I]

i plugged them both back in, and restarted xp

probably hal was still listed in the launch manager...

so next screen poped up :

your computer or the ultra hal assistant software was improperly shut down.if this is because windows crashed or your computer was not down properly, then there is nog cause for concern.If however, hal is crashing and you can't get it to start , a malfunctioning plug-in may be at fault.if this is the case, you ma wish to reconfigure hal with different plugins.would you like to reconfigure hal?(you should only reconfigure hal if hal is inoperable)

i answerd no. because dr.benway recommend to change the User.hla file and maybee if i answered yes, this file would change...

and hall was configurated in a 2D version...
i change it in zaba (3D version)

and now he sit's on my system tray (is that correct?) next to my clock .

SO a good end !!!!

I would like to thank every body for his patients , time , and friendly help !!! Probably i still would have questions in the near or later future, and if so , i would place them here on the forum !

you will hear from me !!!

greetings to you all !!!

dock

dr benway , hartelijk dank voor de nederlandstalige ondersteuning,
zou ik u aan mijn msn lijst mogen toevoegen mocht ik nog vragen over hal hebben?

[Dr.Benway]

Ik ben blij dat het eindelijk is gelukt, al is het nog maar op 1 computer. Ik bezit geen MSN-account, alleen een email-adres: [EDIT]. Mail mij gerust.

Griezelig dat overschakelen op "u", wat bracht je daartoe? Of is dat vanwege de Vlaamse traditie? Dan heb ik niets gezegd. []

[dock]

ik draag U[](zelfs met hoofdletter deze keer) gewoon hoog in het vaandel []

ben wel een beetje teleurgesteld,
hij leert niet zo rap als ik dacht
maar , komt tijd , komt raad ...

groetjes

dock