Dynamic Variables

Learn about the dynamic variables in conversation, based on information specified for the patient

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Written by Bálint Székely
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During patient interviews you often ask their name, their birthday, or if they know the time or date. Introducing the dynamic variables in conversation, you won't need to manually specify (and then continuously maintain) responses your patient is giving to these questions.

Name and age will derive from the basic information about the patient.

When inquiring about the date, the time, the current location, and the other dynamic variables below, your patient will be able to give a relevant and real-time response.

Type in the response:

Will say:

<year>

Current year

<name> = <fullname>

Patient full name e.g. "Valerie Miller"

<firstname>

Patient first name / surname e.g. “Valerie”

<lastname>

Patient last name e.g.”Miller”

<age>

Patient age from Patient Editor - Basics

<birthday>

“April 11”

<dob>

“April 11” and year of birth based on age field

<date>

Current date e.g. “28th”

<month>

Current month e.g. “March”

<day>

Current day e.g. “Tuesday”

<season>

Current season e.g. “Summer”

<city>

Current city location (based on allowing IP location)

<state> = <region> = <county>

Current state / county location (based on allowing IP location)

<country>

Current country location (based on allowing IP location)

Voices reflecting the age of the patient

Defining the age and the gender settings of the scenario reflects in the voice of that patient.

1-15 yrs          patient speaks with a young girl voice
16-34 yrs       patient speaks with young adult male/female voice
35-44 yrs      patient speaks with adult male/female voice
45-64 yrs      patient speaks with middle-aged male/female voice
65-99 yrs      patient speaks with senior male/female voice

Emotions, Gestures and Verbal Affects

Avatar keeps eye contact while conversing. Occasionally looks around, folds arms, and crosses legs.

Add different emotions and gestures to the conversation responses by typing any of these facial expressions or gestures:

  • <normal>, <scared>, <angry>, <surprised>, <worried>, <exhausted>, <happy>, <serious>, <sad>

  • <nod>, <headshake>, <yawn>

Program different verbal affects to the conversation responses take make the patient laugh, sneeze for example, or pause while speaking:

  • <laugh>, <cough>, <sneeze>, <gasp> (female avatars only), <groan>, <yawn> or <pause>

Using effects

Add the command of the effect you want to hear to the relevant response.

You can add it to the Speech settings of any of your custom patients, for example: "I'm doing okay <cough> <cough>. Thank you."

...Or you can add it to any response you enter into Text-to-Speech during a running simulation, for example, "I have a cold <pause> <cough>.

Make sure not to leave any spaces within the brackets when entering your preferred effect into a response.

...Or you can add it to any response you enter into Text-to-Speech during a running simulation, for example, "I have a cold <pause> <cough>".

Make sure not to leave any spaces within the brackets when entering your preferred effect into a response.

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