Original Discord Post by qqqo_92491 | 2023-12-23 22:45:36
How can I get an NPC to speak back to me the same text I’ve spoken or typed? I’d like to know if there is a way to type any text into a widget and have it output a voice and facial expression accordingly. Is there a way to do TTS like this directly with Blueprint settings?<@&1163218672580575372>
Reply by k3kalinix | 2023-12-23 22:49:55
Hello <@1138879756113293334>, Welcome to Convai Community!
As I understand you are using Unreal Engine, let me tag the <@&1163218672580575372>. They will help you as soon as possible.
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Reply by k3kalinix | 2023-12-23 22:49:55
Hello <@1138879756113293334>, Welcome to Convai Community!
As I understand you are using Unreal Engine, let me tag the <@&1163218672580575372>. They will help you as soon as possible.
Reply by qqqo_92491 | 2023-12-23 23:11:17
Thank you.
Reply by freezfast | 2023-12-25 03:14:37
Hi <@1138879756113293334>, you can use the Text To Speech function. However, it would not get any facial expressions/lipsync only audio, please find the docs for it here:
If you would like audio with facial expression and such we recommend using the Invoke Speech function, here is a quick guide on how to use it
You can simply use a trigger message similar to this Please say the following "<Put your text here>" and the character will speak it out
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Reply by freezfast | 2023-12-25 03:14:37
Hi <@1138879756113293334>, you can use theText To Speechfunction. However, it would not get any facial expressions/lipsync only audio, please find the docs for it here:
Text To Speech | Documentation
If you would like audio with facial expression and such we recommend using the Invoke Speech function, here is a quick guide on how to use it
You can simply use a trigger message similar to this Please say the following "<Put your text here>" and the character will speak it out
Reply by qqqo_92491 | 2023-12-26 22:41:25
Thank you, is the above operation possible in Korean?
Also, I followed the instructions at Event-Aware Convai Characters | Documentation, but I can’t seem to read the trigger message at all. Is there a complete blueprint I can refer to?
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Reply by qqqo_92491 | 2023-12-26 22:41:25
Thank you, is the above operation possible in Korean?
Also, I followed the instructions at Event-Aware Convai Characters | Documentation, but I can’t seem to read the trigger message at all. Is there a complete blueprint I can refer to?
Reply by freezfast | 2023-12-27 00:17:40
Hi <@1138879756113293334>, what is the trigger message you are sending? we can try to tune it a little
Reply by freezfast | 2023-12-27 00:20:04
Yes it is possible in Korean
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Reply by freezfast | 2023-12-27 00:17:40
Hi <@1138879756113293334>, what is the trigger message you are sending? we can try to tune it a little
Reply by qqqo_92491 | 2023-12-27 13:01:32
I ran it as shown, but I get the error below. What can I do to fix this?
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Blueprint runtime error: “Attempting to read the Chatbot property, accessed None”. Node: Invoke Speech Graph: EventGraph Function: Execute Ubergraph Convai Base Player Blueprint: ConvaiBasePlayer
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Reply by freezfast | 2023-12-27 14:25:05
The Chatbot variable is none, make sure to use the chatbot component on the character blueprint not the player
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Reply by freezfast | 2023-12-27 14:25:05
The Chatbot variable is none, make sure to use the chatbot component on the character blueprint not the player
Reply by qqqo_92491 | 2024-01-02 00:35:47
I’m not sure what the Chatbot component of the Character Blueprint is, I’ve tried several times and I’m not getting the target set correctly, could you give me a more detailed example or explanation? I’m new to Unreal Engine, so maybe I’m not understanding it well enough.
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Reply by qqqo_92491 | 2024-01-02 00:35:47
I’m not sure what the Chatbot component of the Character Blueprint is, I’ve tried several times and I’m not getting the target set correctly, could you give me a more detailed example or explanation? I’m new to Unreal Engine, so maybe I’m not understanding it well enough.
Reply by freezfast | 2024-01-02 01:07:18
No worries, you can do it like so, basically, get a reference to your character and inside it is the ConvaiChatbotComponent that you want to use, yo ucan of course use a keyboard button to trigger it, or you can use any kind of other logic for example when the player distance from the character is less than x meters or so
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Reply by amapesing | 2024-01-03 23:21:54
have you tried using triggers and the narrative design? I have been using it to generate exact monologues up to 2-3 minutes.
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Reply by amapesing | 2024-01-03 23:21:54
have you tried using triggers and the narrative design? I have been using it to generate exact monologues up to 2-3 minutes.
Reply by freezfast | 2024-01-04 01:53:26
That’s a really good advice as well.
cc: <@808164597050638367> can we get a few steps on setting triggers from narrative design?
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Reply by amapesing | 2024-01-03 23:21:54
have you tried using triggers and the narrative design? I have been using it to generate exact monologues up to 2-3 minutes.
Reply by qqqo_92491 | 2024-01-07 19:13:34
Thank you. I hadn’t thought to modify the trigger message, but thanks for the heads up on how to do that.
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