This is my second post about chat robots. I was reminded of them by Ozge Karaoglu during a presentation and decided to have a second look at them.
Of course chat robots can never replace f2f interaction, but using chat robots in class or showing them so that students try them out at home can be quite fun.
This is a chat robot (Maggie) created by
Cartoon EnglishTV
You type in the questions and you can read and hear Maggie answer them.
Morpheus is another good robot to try.
Athena is another chat robot which moves her lips as she speaks.
Nik Peachey has posted a lesson plan using a chat robot site called Virsona. The difference is that you can chat to the virtual characters of famous people in the past. Nik's lesson plan.
Another bot suggested by Susana Canelo
http://lauren.vhost.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?botid=f6d4afd83e34564d
