How do I start to make a bot?

Try first at www.pandorabots.com . There are other sites on the net that you can find on the Links Page

What is AIML?

The language used to accept and reply to your inputs.  It is written in XML. Soon you can come back and find snippets of code to use with your own bots.
Where can I get help? Ask Foxy, She knows a lot about the topic. You can just type Help if you need an idea.
Using Haptek and Bots The Haptek SDK available from there site explains most of the details.

Install other TTS voices.

Visit the Haptek Download Page here to get more voices

Using Vhost for your Bot

Soon we will have tutorials about how to do this.  Fot now visit the forums at forums.oddcast.com