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# Talk Component

You can add BP Talk Component to your own avatar to use Text To Talk, Sound To Talk, Chat or all methods together through Talk Component.

At first you need to add BP Talk Component in the Component tab of your avatar blueprint

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Then add one of the Talk nodes that you want to. If you want to send text and get sound you can use Talk Text node. If you have sound and want to get animation from this use Sound To Talk node. If you want to have a conversation with your avatar you can use Talk Chat node.

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Let's have a look at the metahuman mapping config. In order to make your animation work on metahuman, apply the following mapping configurations.

| Pose Asset           | mh\_dhs\_mapping\_anim\_PoseAsset |
| -------------------- | --------------------------------- |
| Mapping Asset        | None                              |
| Bone Mapping Asset   | None                              |
| Setup for Metahumans | Enable                            |

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If you need to call Talk Component of your avatar in the other blueprint you can use Get Talk Component node

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You also have an opportunity to override Talk Component settings for runtime

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In each plugin version you can find an examples of use for all methods of our plugin. Please make sure that you enable Plugins and Engine content in the settings of the Content Browser window. Then open Engine>Plugins>MetahumanSDK Content>Demo and you will find maps that you can use as base of your own project. Enjoy!

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