Need help with a chat relay script.

Im creating a simple chat relay script, object to avatar.
Its simple really, It detects chat sofar, but how do I get it to say the text it hears???
Heres my script sofar:

<LSL>
key owner;
integer channel = 0;

default
{
state_entry()
{
llListen(channel,"", "","";

}
listen(integer chan, string name, key id, string mes)
{
llInstantMessage(llGetOwner(),"Someones talking...";
}
}
</LSL>

Before I tell you, perhaps I should mention that relaying open chat without the consent of those being relayed is against the Terms of Service... since that appears to be all this particular script does.

Set that second argument in the instant message call to be the 'mes' parameter from the listen event.

Also be aware that the script will completely fail to keep up in busy conversations due to the 2 second delay that llInstantMessage introduces to your script.
If you're in the same sim as the object, change it to llOwnerSay(mes).

And do be VERY careful with what you're doing. Deanna brings up the important point that it is against the TOS to do what you're doing without the consent of ALL avatars who are having their chat relayed.

Really...in order to comply with the TOS you'd basically have to stick your prim on the floor in the center of an 80 x 80 x 40 building and at each entrance have a giant sign that said something like "By entering this building you are consenting to your chat being relayed via scripted object to others".

Obviously...there are other methods of doing the same thing...but probably equally obtuse.

Otherwise...it's a pretty serious offense against a person's right to privacy and can get you banned.

I recently went digging for this.. *IN* the TOS... and couldn't find it. Can you point the section out?

NM just found it... it doesn't violate the Terms of Service per say (per se? I never can remember).. it's fairly clear however that it violates the "Community Standards" (section 4).

It's ironic, given that the SL client itself, has an option to log both Chat and IM's. I suspect, that as the grid grows, we'll see this community standard fall by the wayside, as more business interests enter SL and "want to hear what people are saying" in their builds. ALready, there is a growing industry in traffic metrics. Determining where people enter your property, where they stand, how long, what they buy, etc.

Frankly, I'd argue that there are legitimate uses for this technology, and "implied consent" should be considered an excuse here. Posting a sign in your shop that says "conversations may be recorded" should be sufficient. Likewise, one could argue, that you could record/rebroadcast the content of a conversation if you got permission.. and could theorhetically screen out all non-consenters.

That actually wouldn't be too hard to do, scanning for avatars, tagging everyone win a 30m range with a dialog asking them permission, then adding their name to the allowed list if they click okay. Removing them if they leave the scanning radius.. You could tie it in to a "avatar-is-over-my-land" and a -"teleport-agent-home: mechanism too.

"You agree that while in my store, your conversations may be monitored. Private conversations can still be held via IM's." failure to say "yes" within oh... 45 seconds.. teleports the agent home.

I dunno. you'd have to be pretty paranoid. I'll stick with the old fashioned method, and sleep on my store with chat logging turned on.

I think it's covered under this...


edit: actually, the community standards is a little more explicit about it..

The word "reasonable" (not extreme or excessive) is up for interpretation.
This really says nothing about not being able to record if you are present, just what you can't do after you record a conversation.
If you are standing there next to someone while you are recording then it's not remote (far removed in space, time, or relation) as you are there. As long as you don't share or post the conversation then you haven't broken those rules...
Even the invasive of another's privacy isn't happening as the chat is on an open channel that anyone can copy and paste.
Then again, I’m no lawyer by any means and I'd be the first one in jail based on my own advise...hehe.

Here's my understanding of the policy:

1--If you are a part of the conversation, you are allowed to log it for self-reference at a later date.

2--I also believe that sharing parts of this conversation with other people involved in it falls within your allowed limits.

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You are NOT allowed to remotely monitor a conversation that you are not part of without the consent of those partaking in the conversation.

Posted signs that 'conversations in this area may be monitored' are most-likely more than enough to CYA. Additionally...an auto-give-on-land notecard should cover you.

Per the earlier mention of visitor metrics and whatnot, those aren't really invasions of privacy. Albertsons (or other grocery stores) monitor what you buy through frequent shopper cards, but they don't record the conversation you have with the cashier.

Basically...I'm allowed to follow you to the Dr...but I'm not allowed inside the examining room to listen to your conversation with him/her.

Agreed. But I can imagine companies... let's say.. Disney. I know.. terror. Anyways. Disney joins SL. and they have a store, which among other things, advertizes new movies, and programs coming to ABC.

the ability to hear if they're talking about the show... that's money. And for only 3 cents, they can upload potential advertising art they plan to use in the real world, and see which ones generate the most "buzz".

In this kind of situation, I don't see Linden Labs prosecuting them for remotely monitoring chat on their own server. Frankly I'd see it as more likely that the section of the "Community Standards" would be quietly altered in the middle of the night.

You're allowed to do whatever you want with conversation logs, provided that the doing doesn't involve in-world SL, the SL forums, or any other official LL-related juncture. There's never been any spilled milk over chatlogs posted on 3rd party locations. It's always possible someone might try to DMCA you to have the logs taken down, but still, that's pretty unlikely.