Read Me

A.L.V.I. Bot README file
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Description
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A.L.V.I. Bot is intended to be a simple, but smart Bot 
that helps you with your daily operation on the net. 
It will be able to listen what you ask and give you a 
reasonable answer, retriving the informations you asked 
or doing stuff.


Status
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For now it's able to check ALL your IMAP mailboxes and your Rss feeds,
as you set  in your configfile and read it out lout to you. 
It's takes the last unread (out loud) mails and the last 4 news
from each of your feeds.

The code for now is really ugly and not so fast... but it works :)


Many information and features will be added soon :-)


Requirements
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Alvi needs python-festival and python-feedparser to be installed and properly working.
A good idea is to install the MBrola Italian Voice too.


Installation
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Just modify the 'alvi.cfg' included in this archive for your needs, 
put it into your home, calling it '.alvi.cgf', launch Alvi,
and enjoy his voice :)


Licence
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A.L.V.I. Bot is licenced under the GNU Public Licence (GPLv3).



Other
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Thanks to Chris King <squirrel at wpi edu> for PyFest.
For any question: <cosimo.iaia@gmail.com>