andrejacyshyn opened this issue on Sep 26, 2003 ยท 31 posts
andrejacyshyn posted Fri, 26 September 2003 at 11:41 AM
Mimic 2 is an excellent product, however we felt we would like to take a slightly different approach. We both automatically create head animations and of course lip-syncing, we have a comprehensive Text-to-speech interface, you can mix multiple audio files in our mixer and merge them into a single source for Poser, and best of all, our file structure is fully visible, you can create your own facial expressions and map the morph targets from our output onto any model, we ship profiles for all the major models Vic & Michael 2/3 the mapping is very simple.. so when you get a new model and find it doesnt blink or move its tongue you can create a profile in five mins. Oh! yes there is the price, we are I believe significantly less expensive. Other than that we both cater for a similar market space. For those who are interested we use Artificial Neural Network/Hidden Markov Model (ANN/HMM) approach to audio analysis. We will allow substitutions of voices but only at initial purchase. And only until the end of October. Unfortunatly it is not downloadable because of the size including the TTS it tops 130Mb and our band width would be saturated with downloads. For those that are interested there will be a Mac version in the next few weeks.