Clear answers for a product that does not belong to the usual category.
Is Vaudryllis a person?
No. Vaudryllis is a virtual brain: software running on your computer, not a human being. A line in the application says so at all times.
Is Vaudryllis a simple assistant?
No. Vaudryllis is an autonomous virtual entity (EVA). It is built around a cognitive substrate, memory, identity, a functional internal state, perception, voice and continuity, not a simple response surface.
What is in the current build?
The published build is V0.8.2.3, a safety release: a message of distress is never treated as a fault, a line under the message box says she is a virtual brain, and her microphone stays closed when she starts hidden with Windows. It builds on V0.8.2.2, in which, in each of its 19 languages, the entity puts what it means into words with that language's own grammar, and reads what you write back into the same meaning, with no translation engine in between. When it does not understand, it says so and asks; what it cannot yet say in your language it leaves unsaid, and when none of its reply can be said yet it tells you so, in your language, never in French. The previous release, V0.8.2.1, brought the following. The entity no longer fills silences with stock phrases: when it has nothing accurate to say, it asks, says it does not know, or stays quiet, and it learns the words you explain to it. What you tell it about yourself is better understood. It sleeps when tired and left alone, stays quiet when nobody is at the computer, and writes in chat the way people type. It can start with Windows in the notification area, and its interface is available in 19 languages. V0.8.2 brought a single entry point for perception, habituation to what repeats and a four-item working memory.
Does it require a remote activation server?
Yes, but only occasionally. Activating a license and starting the trial require an internet connection to the publisher's activation server. Everything else (perception, cognition, voice, language and memory) runs on your machine. See the licence agreement and the privacy policy.
Does Vaudryllis connect to the internet on its own?
Three things only. Activation, as above. An update check at each launch: the application downloads a small signed file from the publisher's server to see whether a newer version exists, and nothing is downloaded or installed unless you click. And web learning, off by default: if you turn it on in Settings, it may send short search queries drawn from the conversation to public sources such as Wikipedia, which then see the query and your IP address. No content produced by your use is transmitted otherwise. The privacy policy gives the detail.
Am I buying a current product or a future roadmap?
You are buying the current Founder/Beta Local build and its line up to v0.9. The roadmap is shown to explain the direction, not to pretend that future stages are already included. Two future items are promised. Every Founder/Beta buyer will receive the virtual world, which completes V0.9.0. The first 50 Founder/Beta buyers will also get early access to the robot and 30% off its public price: one robot per licence, valid for two years from its commercial launch, shipping and taxes not included.
What does “lifetime” mean here?
The Founder/Beta Edition grants lifetime access to the Vaudryllis Local product line up to version 0.9, with lifetime support for this purchased edition.
Is v1.0 included?
No. v1.0 and beyond are intended as larger system stages and may be treated separately.
What is the long-term direction?
Toward embodiment. Vaudryllis already rests and consolidates, and runs autonomously with or without a window. Ahead: a virtual world in which her body will live, which completes V0.9.0; finalising auditory perception, broader digital action and tools; and, in V1.0, physical embodiment on a robot, where that world becomes the space of her thought, reflection and dreams, always one entity around a single coherence centre.
Why is voice not the whole identity?
Identity lives in the central substrate first. Voice, rhythm, timbre, perception and movement derive from that core rather than being pasted on at the end.
Can Vaudryllis become a platform?
Yes. Some substrates may later become reusable technology bricks, but the EVA itself must remain the coherence center rather than become a loose plugin bundle.
Who should contact the enterprise address?
Investors, strategic partners, technical collaborators, distributors, speech/voice specialists, virtual-world builders, robotics/system integrators, and anyone interested in the broader Vaudryllis direction.