Hyperarticulation

Hyperarticulation is a corrective tweak that can be used if the user feels the animation does not match how carefully the speaker is talking. For example if the speaker is speaking rapidly but lazily one may feel that the speech is too slurred or under-articulated. Dialing up the hyperarticulation can improve the clarity of the animation in this case. But generally speaking hyperarticulation should be used only sparingly if at all; small adjustments go a long way. Too much hyperarticulation can result in jittery animation.

The default setting for hyperarticulation is 0.0.

The range for hyperarticulation is [0.0 to 1.0].

Setting Hyperarticulation

Set Hyperarticulation for a Batch (via SGX-GUI)

To adjust hyperarticulation for an entire batch via SGX-GUI, change the setting in the "Hyperarticulation" field. In the example below, hyperarticulation is set to 0.5.

Set Hyperarticulation for a Batch (via the Command Line)

To set the hyperarticulation for an entire batch on the command line, use the markup option -m; for example: -m "hyper=0.5". (Recall that long names of markup attributes can be shortened as long as they are unambiguous.)

Set Hyperarticulation in the Transcript

You can set the hyperarticulation within the transcript using markup tags. This allows you to tune the hyperarticulation on a phrase-by-phrase basis. A markup tag containing the 'hyperarticulation' attribute will apply to everything that follows it up until the next tag containing the 'hyperarticulation' attribute. For example:

CODE

(hyper=0.1) Would you like the whole town to see 
you in a wrinkled uniform (hyper=0) don't answer 
you just listen

Video Examples of Hyperarticulation

Default Hyperarticulation

No markup is needed for the default hyperarticulation setting.

CODE

it's always tea time and we've no time to wash the things between whiles

https://vimeo.com/530949179