# How to make Lip sync seem natural when the avatar has a beard

**URL:** <https://forum.convai.com/t/how-to-make-lip-sync-seem-natural-when-the-avatar-has-a-beard/1156>\
**Category:** Unity SDK\
**Tags:** unity, question\
**Created:** [July 3, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/how-to-make-lip-sync-seem-natural-when-the-avatar-has-a-beard/1156 "2024-07-03T15:12:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/how-to-make-lip-sync-seem-natural-when-the-avatar-has-a-beard/1156/1 "2024-07-03T15:12:18Z")

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**Original Discord Post by palak.\_.s | 2024-07-03 15:12:18**

I have an avatar with a beard and the lip sync seems a little off as the beard should move too when the mouth is moving. Any way to make it seem natural ?

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**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/how-to-make-lip-sync-seem-natural-when-the-avatar-has-a-beard/1156/2 "2024-07-03T22:15:42Z")

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**Reply by k3kalinix | 2024-07-03 22:15:42**

Probably you will need extra blendshapes for it.

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**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/how-to-make-lip-sync-seem-natural-when-the-avatar-has-a-beard/1156/3 "2024-07-03T22:15:47Z")

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**Reply by k3kalinix | 2024-07-03 22:15:47**

Or animation.

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**Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/how-to-make-lip-sync-seem-natural-when-the-avatar-has-a-beard/1156/4 "2024-07-04T07:22:52Z")

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**Reply by palak.\_.s | 2024-07-04 07:22:52**

Okay

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**Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/how-to-make-lip-sync-seem-natural-when-the-avatar-has-a-beard/1156/5 "2024-11-25T12:15:03Z")

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