[pandorabots-general] Alicebot to control device

[Stanley E. Honour]

Thinking about your request a bit more; other places you could look for
code is freeware / shareware for the visually blind.   A lot of voice
control stuff has been written for them.   Also in the USA a popular
device control hardware is called "X10".  (X10 hardware is cheap by the
way)  It has been around a long time, lots of freeware associated with
it.  What a chatbot AI brings to the table is 'flexible voice control'
That is you don't have to say each command exactly the right way.   You
could say the command a dozen different ways and as long as you are
reasonable, it should work.   This would impress your professors, as
literal voice command stuff has been done for years.   Perhaps one good
way to demo this is with a remote control model car.  Rather than
jiggling the remote joystick, you speak into a microphone /headset and
the model car does whatever you say, even when you say the command
different ways.   This also adds linear variables like speed and turn
rate rather than just on/off stuff.  Good luck with your project! ;-))

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m] On Behalf Of Ariyo Nugroho
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Subject: [pandorabots-general] Alicebot to control device


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

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