Re: FW: avatar / bot voice command tech news.

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> From: Stanley E. Honour
> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 2:10 PM
> To: 'pandorabots-general@...'
> Subject: RE: avatar / bot voice command tech news.
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> Dear Mr. Gootee and Mr. Stoddart.   Yes Dragon has been integrated into
> several bots before,   and sometime in the past year an individual has used
> a bot to help visitors with navigation of Social Security rules and
> regulations.   His email is here in pandorabots.   Be sure to use Dragon
> version 10, it is significantly better than prior versions, esp. with
> regional accents.  Generally everyone agrees it is the best.  As an
> alternative, Google has an Iphone applet that is a voice command input for
> general search and GPS maps too.  Check to see if the applet is available in
> PC version.   Also for you Mac lovers, OSX uses a modified version of Dragon
> for its voice command capabilities; I would assume the new ‘Snow Leopard’
> also has the newer version of dragon.   Apple sees voice command largely
> replacing the mouse in some applications.  Commercial application of voice
> command has started to pop up like mushrooms in the past 6 months.   Also
> know as Speech to Text (STT) and Text to Speech (TTS)   you can search here
> and at the avatar / social networking sites (e.g. Second Life) for utilities
> and shareware code.    Although it is proprietary, Rollo Carpenter’s
> Jabberwacky has some very advanced voice & Avatar interface features.   He
> is also working on emotional empathy for his bots.  He also has a batch
> import capability that can take advantage of Q&A forums or databases like
> the new ‘Superbot 2’ over at Alice land.   I am keenly interested in these
> issues myself but am not yet in a position to implement.   Otherwise I be
> happy to give you all code examples myself.   Also look at a California
> company called “Siri” They claim that this fall they will have a fully
> conversational AI “Personal Assistant”  Bot / agent.  I think you will be
> pleased with all the choices now available; the technology is in a rapid
> growth period.
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> From: pandorabots-general-bounces+stan=adnamis.org@...
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> On Behalf Of Michael Stoddart
> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 11:29 PM
> To: pandorabots-general@...
> Subject: Re: [pandorabots-general] New website idea
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> Hi,
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> I am doing a PhD researching the use of AI and the acceptance of AI by
> clinicians and the public.
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> Youtr 'hobby' sounds really interesting and is the sort of thing i am
> interested in.
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> My own Alice is simply a demonstration model, and have had voice recognition
> through MS Windows working which is relatively easy, but the issue is it is
> definitely not as accurate as D&D.
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> I am also an ICT person so I will investigate but I dont think it would be
> hard simply right click on the properties of the Flash player and add the
> microphone.
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> The one thing I did find when discussing things with my AI is that it also
> picked up its own voice on the microphone and this create a bit of
> reiteration if you know what i mean.
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> Would you mind keeping in touch with me as to how you go. Again I am
> researching the 'human interaction' side of things and am not  trying to
> compete or copy so you do not have to worry about IP.
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> Michael Stoddart
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: Jerry Gootee
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> To: pandorabots-general@...
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> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 3:42 PM
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> Subject: [pandorabots-general] New website idea
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> Hi everyone,
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> I have been interested in Pandorabot for some time and have finally come up
> with a project that I have been working through for a while.
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> I am a disabled vet and I have many of my veteran buddys at the VA that I
> have been toying with the idea of creating a website that can be used by
> disabled veterans (and of course others with like disabilities). Two
> sections of the site I was wanting to setup voice recognition to integrate
> with a pandorabot that would have a knowledgebase of the VA system and
> veterans could speak their queries and the bots voice would provide the
> information to them. Another area of the site I am planning for kids with
> like disabilities but would be an area where they could come have some fun
> with a fun pandorabot. Is this voice recognition feasible to do? I have
> Dragon Naturally Speaking Professional but have been trying to figure out
> how to integrate with the pandorabot. Any advice or direction I can get
> would be very much appreciated.
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> This is going to be a long project but a hobby of mine to pass the time and
> feel that this will give me more experience working in the web world. I am
> also looking into the W3C standards needed to provide a site that observes
> as many features for the disabled that I can come up with so if anyone has
> any other ideas that would also be very much appreciated.
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> Just thought this would be a good way for me to give back to the community
> and those who have served.
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> Thanks,
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> SSGT Jerry G
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