<s>
Ultra	B-Protocol
Hal	I-Protocol
Assistant	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
chatterbot	B-Protocol
intended	O
to	O
function	O
as	O
a	O
personal	O
assistant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Zabaware	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
Ultra	O
Hal	O
uses	O
a	O
natural	O
language	O
interface	O
with	O
animated	O
characters	O
using	O
speech	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
communicate	O
with	O
the	O
chatterbot	B-Protocol
via	O
typing	O
or	O
via	O
a	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
utilizes	O
the	B-General_Concept
WordNet	I-General_Concept
lexical	O
dictionary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
name	O
is	O
an	O
allusion	O
to	O
HAL	B-General_Concept
9000	I-General_Concept
,	O
the	B-Application
artificial	I-Application
intelligence	I-Application
from	O
the	O
movie	O
2001	O
:	O
A	O
Space	O
Odyssey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultra	O
Hal	O
won	O
the	O
2007	O
Loebner	O
Prize	O
for	O
"	O
most	O
human	O
"	O
chatterbot	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
