[pandorabots-general] Alicebot to control device

[Ariyo Nugroho]

Hello everyone!

(I am sorry if this may be a repost. I've tried to send from my other email, but apparently it never goes into the list.)

I am an electronics engineering student from Indonesia. For my final
project, I have an idea to use Alicebot to control devices (using PLC
or microcontroller). I think this would be more fun, instead of
controlling them using 'conservative' switches.

I haven't developed the device yet. Because now I'm still learning
AIML, using Program D.

My questions are:
1. I see that Alice recognizes inactivity. But could Alice be
programmed to be 'proactive'? I mean, supposed we have thermal sensor,
with a critical temperature has been set. Whenever the temperature is
too hot, system sends a signal. Based on this signal, Alice will
shout, "Hey, your device is gonna blow! Do something!"
    Could this be possible?
2. I dont know whether this is do-able within my time frame, but I'm
also interested to implement speech-to-text and text-to-speech. I've
read AliceTalker from Cloud Garden, which says that it is suitable for
Program D. But it last release seems too old. Does anyone here have
any experience using AliceTalker? Or may be there is better/newer
solution for this?

Thank you very much for your help in advance!!!

Best regards,



Ariyo