Universal language! Now Bleder 4.2 compatible

This release makes some big changes. With the release of Blender 4.2, Blender is deprecating addons and replacing them with extensions. Extensions require you to bundle any wheels you use in the zip file, so the build process had to be reworked.

Large parts of Parrot ended up being rewritten, including the core language processing routines. Parrot now uses allosaurus, so it should work with any language and there is no longer a need to install specific language packs.

I was able to test this on Windows, but have not had a chance to try on Linux or Mac. If you use one of those platforms and are running into issues, please file an issue.

The Linux extension was too large to upload. You'll need to build it if you need it.

Adding a speed limit

This release adds a new property that lets you limit the number of phonemes per second which can smooth out mouth movements and reduce the 'flappiness' from mouthing every syllable. The installer also provides the full suite of Gruut language options.

Bug fixes

This release includes a fix for mouth poses that have fcurves that are not members of groups. It also no longer crashes for languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) for which whisper_timestamped does not return word lists.

Bug fixes and simpler installation procedure

This release fixes a bug where Parrot would crash when processing compound parameters that did not have fcurves for all of its' members, (For example, if you had a 'location' paramater and only keyframed its Y channel).

This release also adds buttons to the Addon menu panel that lets you install and uninstall the whisper and gruut libraries just by clicking a button.

Better mouth pose positioning

This release provides improved mouth pose positioning. There are also extra parameters provided that let you exaggerate or soften the facial expressions.

Adding headless example

Adding a headless example for running Parrot from the command line. Also bug fixes and some name changes.

Initial Release - Automatically lipsync 2D and 3D characters in Blender

This release provides an addon for Blender that lets you use OpenAI's Whisper technology to automatically lipsync you characters.