How to Author Chit-Chat
Overview
With Chit-Chat, you can design AI-powered conversation partners to enrich your learning experiences.
Note
The Chit-Chat feature is only available for select HyperSkill users. If you would like access to the Chit-Chat feature, please contact info@siminsights.com and inquire about getting access to the feature.
Authoring Chit-Chat in HyperSkill: A Step-by-Step Guide
This guide creates a customer complaint roleplay scenario using Chit-Chat in HyperSkill.
1. Accessing Chit-Chat:
Open HyperSkill and log in to your author account.
Navigate to your simulations list and create a new simulation. Give it a name of your choosing and enter edit mode.
Click on the Settings tab and toggle on Enable Microphone Input.
Click the AI tab, the Chit-Chat sub-tab will be automatically selected for you.
You'll see the following page:
2. Configuring Chit-Chat:
Click on the "Enable Chit Chat" toggle to run chit-chat on. The edit panel will unlock.
Next to the toggle is a dropdown from the language model. Leave the selected option as "Azure".
Give the Chit-Chat character a name of your choosing.
Paste the following under "Prompt":
You are role-playing as a customer with a complaint about expired items they found on the shelves. You are frustrated and express concern about the store's quality control.
We're done!
3. Testing Chit-Chat:
Click the "+ Conversation" button in the top bar to test your chit-chat prompt in multi-round dialogue.
Type into the chat window to begin speaking with your roleplaying character.
4. Add a physical presence:
Add a virtual person to the scene in the Scene Layout Tab.
Click on the Settings tab and look for the header Virtual Assistant.
Under virtual assistant, select the virtual person and a voice of your choosing.
5. Test your experience:
Hit the save button at the top right of the window and enter experience mode.
Try talking using your microphone or text window. The chit-chat character will respond once you've finished speaking.
Conclusion
Congratulations! You've built your first role-playing character. Try changing the prompt instructions to see how the character responds.
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