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by Steve Prior
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Ariyo Nugroho wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> 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?
I was thinking about the same sort of problem, then realized there was an easier
solution. I've got a home automation system and wanted to be able to control it
using a chat style interface and thought Alicebot would be a great addition.
What I ended up doing was to write my own limited natural language interface
that was capable of handling queries and controls for the HA system (I wrote it
in SWI-Prolog), but if my own system couldn't parse the input I then passed it
to Alicebot through the HTTP interface for a response. This is kind of a cheat,
but it provides a depth to the interface even though in effect Alicebot is only
providing cute error messages - some of the responses have surprised me at times.
So your device could send out that "device is gonna blow" message on its own and
Alicebot would only be involved when there was an input from the user.
Steve
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> Hello everyone!
>
> 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?
I was thinking about the same sort of problem, then realized there was an easier
solution. I've got a home automation system and wanted to be able to control it
using a chat style interface and thought Alicebot would be a great addition.
What I ended up doing was to write my own limited natural language interface
that was capable of handling queries and controls for the HA system (I wrote it
in SWI-Prolog), but if my own system couldn't parse the input I then passed it
to Alicebot through the HTTP interface for a response. This is kind of a cheat,
but it provides a depth to the interface even though in effect Alicebot is only
providing cute error messages - some of the responses have surprised me at times.
So your device could send out that "device is gonna blow" message on its own and
Alicebot would only be involved when there was an input from the user.
Steve
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