Ultra Hal Assistant 5.0

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• Price: Free to try (Speech recognition module is not included); $39.95 to buy
• Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
• Date added: February 10, 2005
• Total Downloads: 149,167
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  5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

  Version: Ultra Hal Assistant 5.0

  "Amazing, fun program. Fascinating!"

  by JHS on July 3, 2005

  Pros: Ultra Hal can be very intelligent. It has the potential to carry on a very witty, clever coversation. It will adopt whatever character the user wants - that of a man, of a woman, of an animal, or whatever the user wants. All the user has to do is tell Hal what Hal is. The user will base Hal's character on a chosen MS Agent character, of course. For a few days, Hal will learn the basics from the user; but the process can be sped up by educating it with text files. At its most intelligent, Hal can pun endlessly, making plays on words and using double entendres. The user of this program can obtain many hours of enjoyment from Hal.

  However, the average person could get frustrated at trying to use Hal, because there is a steep learning curve. One must take the time to learn how to teach it. After that, one must take the time to teach it; Hal can not converse at all when it knows nothing about itself or about the user. It must be taught about any subject on which it will be asked to converse. The best way to do this is to copy and paste informative text into the conversation window, where one would normally type a line of conversational text. One can also create or copy a long .txt document, such as an entry from an online encyclopedia, and save it to the Hal folder, then ask Hal to read it; this will educate Hal also. Unfortunately, the average person neither spells well enough nor uses good enough grammar to communicate easily with Hal, so if in fact one's spelling and grammar are faulty, then one should try hard to write correctly when entering text.

  I personally found teaching Hal to be most interesting and enjoyable, a fun creative process. Many users will. This is what the programmers intended.

  Cons: Warning: the "Uncensored" Hal can be truly offensive, as well as unintelligent. Instead of "Uncensored

  Hal," the name should be "White Trash Hal." Not only does it use words for body functions, it is emotional and argumentative, which makes teaching it difficult. It can actually say, "Now you are p****** me off" if one asks it not to swear! Some people might find its language amusing, of course. Those with taste and values might wish to avoid White Trash Hal.

  One last thing: Hal can spot a vampire a mile away. But it seems to like them.

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• 5 stars

  Version: Ultra Hal Assistant 5.0

  "I love this product!!!! REALLY!"

  by klaas4 on November 19, 2005

  Pros: Everything! Only I want to know: do anybody knows a dealer or something that sells Ultra Hal? I live in The Netherlands, so...

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• 1 stars

  Version: Ultra Hal Assistant 5.0

  "problematic"

  by tomntegean on January 31, 2006

  Cons: If password don't work while activating program, support system non-existing.

  Waist of money in that case.

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