Speak

Enables a virtual person to gesture and speak with generated text-to-speech.

Speak enables a virtual person to gesture and speak, using generated text-to-speech or an uploaded recording.

Message: The text to speak. Click the Headphone icon to preview the spoken text.

Person: The virtual person that does the speaking.

Audio Output Type: If Text to Speech is used, the speech audio is generated. If further customization is required, the Uploaded Audio option lets you upload pre-recorded voices.

Voice: Only available for an audio output type of Text to Speech. The list of voices available for generation.

Custom voice ID: Only available for an audio output type of Text to Speech. A text field for entering a custom voice ID. Custom voice IDs work with both ElevenLabs and Google Text-to-Speech.

Audio File: Only available for an audio output type of Uploaded Audio. The file of the pre-recorded voice.

Animation Type:

• None: Do not animate the virtual person while speaking.

• Random: (Default) Use a random speaking animation while speaking.

• Selected: Select a specific animation to use while speaking.

Animation: Only available for a Selected animation type. The animation to play when speaking.

Wait Until Finished Speaking: If active, the state machine pauses until the virtual person's speech has finished playing.