classic therapist.py chat bot on steroids a cheezy little Eliza knock-off by Joe Strout <joe@strout.net> with some updates by Jeff Epler <jepler@inetnebr.com> original code last revised: 3/17/97 - updated to run on Python 2.6.x or later - replaced old deprecaetd libs (re, random) - removed reg-exp escape symbols by Joseph Chereshnovsky <joseph.chereshnovsky@gmail.com> at 27/03/2011 - added voice support using "festival" text-to-speach software to add voice support just install "festival" with the following command: Ubuntu 10.10+: # apt-get install festival - replaced the usage of old deprecated fucntion - revised code to use new regexps interface by Joseph Chereshnovsky <joseph.chereshnovsky@gmail.com> at 15/04/2011