[pandorabots-general] Alicebot to control device

[Ozzy Hirani]

Hi there,
 
I am wondering is there anyone, who might be interested in tutoring an absolute novice ( that would be me).
 
Thanks
 
Ozzy> Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 21:16:28 -0400> From: stan at adnamis.org> To: pandorabots-general at list.pandorabots.com> Subject: Re: [pandorabots-general] Alicebot to control device> > 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! ;-))> > -----Original Message-----> From: pandorabots-general-bounces+stan=adnamis.org at list.pandorabots.com> [mailto:pandorabots-general-bounces+stan=adnamis.org at list.pandorabots.co> m] On Behalf Of Ariyo Nugroho> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 2:12 AM> To: pandorabots-general at list.pandorabots.com> 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> > _______________________________________________> This is the pandorabots-general mailing list> To Post, reply to pandorabots-general at list.pandorabots.com> Unsubscribe and change preferences at> http://list.pandorabots.com/mailman/listinfo/pandorabots-general> Learn netiquette at http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html> Learn to read at http://www.literacy.org/> _______________________________________________> This is the pandorabots-general mailing list> To Post, reply to pandorabots-general at list.pandorabots.com> Unsubscribe and change preferences at http://list.pandorabots.com/mailman/listinfo/pandorabots-general> Learn netiquette at http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html> Learn to read at http://www.literacy.org/
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