It includes features such as voice recognition, speech synthesis, subliminal messages, completely customizable scripts (featuring a unique scripting language), videos, audio, and lots more. Its purpose is to simulate a real hypnosis session as much as possible.

Features:

• Script maker, for easily editing scripts, and for creating your own, which uses a flexible and unique scripting language.
• Binaural brainwave synchronizer, for generating sounds that help induce hypnosis (sync brainwaves), and for providing flashing color bars that visually also sync brainwaves.
• Lots of pre-made scripts, from inductions, deepeners, suggestions, etc.
• Two subliminal message systems, which add visual subliminal messages in sessions, and even let you display them on your computer screen while you work
• Hypnotic visual maker, for designing your own hypnotic effects
• Cool presets that get you started instantly
• A session logbook that lets you write down successes, notes, ideas, etc.
• Fully customizable hypnosis sessions
• Complete speech synthesis; choose from a selection of multiple voices, and even use other SAPI4 or SAPI5-compliant speech engines (only partial SAPI5 support is implemented).
• Speech recognition that lets you verbally respond to questions and prompts while under hypnosis
• Easy and powerful scripting language called ISL used for creating and processing scripts
• Animated characters used as virtual “hypnotists”
• Pop-up sessions, where the program can hide in the background and “pop up” at a certain time, and start the hypnotic induction
• Support for video files and flash animations, via Windows Media and Macromedia Flash, and even lots of videos/animations included
• Speed controls, to slow down and speed up both audio and video
• HypnoChat and Remote Controller, an AIM-compatible instant messaging system that allows one user of Virtual Hypnotist control another user's program over the Internet with the subject's consent, and even supports group sessions
• Complete tray icon and popup menu support
• Text-only sessions that display text on the screen instead of using the speech system.
• Background and Subliminal modes
• Support for playing hypnosis audio files, while using Virtual Hypnotist for graphics
• 3D graphics support with the TrueVision3D graphics engine
• Video and audio volume and rate changing support
• Session previewing support
• WAV file output support (SAPI5 only)
• Script Processor Console which allows a user to operate the script system in an interactive manner
• Script Converter for converting standard text scripts to the ISL script format
• Personalized information for use in sessions (name, gender, and preferred trigger)
• New GrockTunnel visual, which is a remake of the Grock hypnosis program, and supports word lists written for it.
• Support for loading scripts, images, videos and audio directly from internet URLs
• Comes with the Virtual Hypnotist User's Guide
• All source code is included (written in Visual Basic 6)
• And more

What's New in version 5.8:

• fixed some phrasing in the users guide
• added ColorTunnel preset buttons to the Visual Maker
• new session wizard
• reworked main screen for wizard
• moved info on Hypnotizer 2000 from the main screen to the about screen credits
• made global version string
• URL loader now checks if URLs start with "http://", and fails otherwise, since app only supports web downloading
• added a session load button on the main screen
• added 9.mp3 and hypnoloop.mp3 files