- License:
- Free
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- Downloads:
- 20,615
- Requirements:
- Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
- Limitations:
- No limitations
- Date Added:
- August 10, 2004
Publisher's description of HAL
From David Henry: HAL is an Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) program; he can speak in a normal voice and respond to over 45 voice commands from the user. HAL can perform many common computer tasks and read any text for the user. HAL can also start an e-mail message, display PC system information, create a reminder and access the World Wide Web. The HAL speech recognition package included, plus added features MS Media Player interface and daily reminder. There is extensive A.I. help for all areas of the program.
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Editor's review of HAL
This speech-recognition program performs certain tasks through voice commands, but you'll endure a confusing setup. HAL, which uses Microsoft Speech Recognition Engine, plays hide-and-seek upon installation and forces you to open the executable from its folder in your Program Files. It displays a plainly designed interface that sent us scrambling to the limited menu options. The program is a big help at that point, with its audio instructions on usage. Speak one of nearly 50 preset voice commands into your microphone, and HAL leaps into action if the app can understand what you've said. (If it can't, you can type in the command into the sole box on the interface.) Some of the available commands are more helpful than others. On the useful side, HAL runs one of several applications, starts an e-mail or reads text, among other options, when you say the phrase. On the frivolous side, HAL will tell you about "himself" and respond to your greetings. We wish we could have created some commands, but this application covers the basic operations. Despite its inauspicious beginning, this freeware works fairly well and will suit most users in the market for such a program.
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