Well, ok, rhubarb works for linux, they just don't mention that in their README.md. That's good. I tried it out. It works... but I think I'll still invest some time in trying to understand how to use pocketsphinx. Seems like a useful skill to have.

However, to keep moving forward with the Open Movie Project (OMP), I'll see how I can use rhubarb to do lip-synching. There is already a blender plugin, so I need to see how that'll work and what kind of results I can get out of it. I would like to have tighter integration with MB-Lab though, to streamline my workflow.

Here are the tasks I foresee

  1. Create an expression control rig.
    • Once drivers are added to the shape keys the MB-Lab expressions sliders don't work
  2. Create a Phoneme Rig.
    • This will basically control the different mouth shapes.
  3. Create a pose library for the different phonemes.
    • I have to see how that will work with rhubarb