New to this AI thingy! :)

[LondonBoy]

Hi,

I've just downloaded the program. I'd like to change the appearance of "Julia", I'd also like to get rid of the blue background & box and download some "knowledge bases" but I'm not sure how I do all that.

Can this programme actually shut down and start up my system?

Thanks,
LB

[Matt]

I've just downloaded the program. I'd like to change the appearance of "Julia", I'd also like to get rid of the blue background & box and download some "knowledge bases" but I'm not sure how I do all that.

The blue box is a Verbot Skin that is applied, to clear it out, just open the player, go to edit-> options, then the Avatar tab, then click the "Clear" button.
To download new KnowledgeBases, click the "Download New content now" link at the top of these forums, once you have downloaded the KnolwedgeBases you want, go back to the options popup in the player, but this time the "KnowledgeBases" tab, then you just need to add the .ckb or .vkb file you downloaded to the list (and ensure the checkbox is checked next to the new file), close the options popup and the verbot will reload the knowledgebases you selected.

Can this programme actually shut down and start up my system?

You should be able to create a code module to do the shut down, I think to start up your computer you still need to press the button though

Here is some code you could try to do the shutdown (in the code module):

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System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Shutdown", "-s -t 10 -c");

If you called your code module "MyModule" and this shutdown method is called Shutdown (and has no parameters, returns void), then to call this method from a KnowledgeBase rule (in the output) you'd put the code:

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<?csharp MyModule.Shutdown(); ?>

The Code Modules are a pretty advanced feature, so I don't expect this to make much sense, so if your really interested in having your verbot shutdown your system and you need more help let me know.

-Matt

[LondonBoy]

I've noticed that when I click outside the blue box, the face disappears completely. I also seem to have lost the ability to move the face around my desktop.

Some other questions:

Can this program hear spoken language (is there a plugin, or something?)

The last part of your instructions were a bit over my head so when I get to that part I'll let you know!

Thanks,
LB

[leseur sylvain]

Welcome here LB.
You wrote
/*I've noticed that when I click outside the blue box, the face disappears completely. I also seem to have lost the ability to move the face around my desktop. */

Yes the same thing for me, it seems "normal".


Yes, Verbot can use speech recognition to make Verbot able
to hear spoken language. See here:
http://www.verbots.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1166
(In fact in Speech part of the forum.)
I'm sound engineer and i tested a lot of microphones...
with several speechs recognitions softs... The result is not
really good... The softs often are problems to differentiate
ambiant noise and the human voice... (The same thing with
optical character recognition with a cam...)
In French it's a calamity, it's better in English...

I saw the Matt's code (to turn off/shut down your system),
i'll try to build for you an easy rule, if i can.

Friendly
Sylvain

[leseur sylvain]

Just an other thing.
I take the liberty of drawing your attention to this fact:
Look at all the Reference Download Section here:
http://www.verbots.com/forums/dload.php ... &cat_id=14
And download examples, to avoid, troubles and loose a
lot of time with commun errors when you'll start a KB, it's
important.
Good luck and don't forget, if you wish, to share your
brainwave/finds.

Sylvain