Hi, I have some experience with DAZ Studio and a lot of Poser/DAZ content but I cannot find anything to tell me how to do speech animations in either Poser or DAZ. I think the tools are there but there is nothing telling me where they are or how to use them. I know there is also Crazytalk and iClone but they don't offer the same image quality and complicate creating a whole animated story by forcing me to go outside DAZ which has all sorts of problems. Anyone made V4 or M4 speak lately? Genesis 1 or 2? Any clues? Thanks

You can get the same Image quality with iClone but just expect the same render times you get in Daz on a per frame basis using iRay instead you will render out in Indigo also the footage is cut in AVI format from my memory so for your memory you practically need a external drive the images are crystal clear though. You can use Daz figures too. (Genesis 1 & 2). The speech and animation tools are far superior.

I have never used Poser for animation and only dabbled with Daz with its aniMate2 or Mimic live this is where you will will be heading to carry out the task. I don't think the basic aniMate included is fully functioned(Stand corrected if it is) and the Mimic is a paid plugin. Check both out

Load up the 32 bit version of DAZ Studio, which includes "Lipsync" and you can use a .wav file to create speech animation in DAZ Studio. Save the animation either as an aniblock or as a animated pose and load it into 64 bit DS for rendering animations.

Or you can use Mimic Live! (Windows only) to turn live speech into a speech animation.