FLASH: dynamic voice (sound) activated Flash?

[Ted Nunes]

Hello all,


THE BACKSTORY:

I have developed a Flash-animated character for use in tradeshows: a laptop 

sits atop a motorized cart and the animation appears on the laptop screen 

as the face--sort of a "Johnny 5"-ish kind of thing.


Currently, the setup has a "puppeteer" using a remote mouse to toggle the 

"talking" cycle on and off as they speak through a sound system (the 

character's "mouth" is a waveform that has wiggly frames and still frames). 

Basically that works, but after the debut tradeshow my client said that 

sometimes it got to be too crowded and as the cart rolled down the isle it 

was hard to maintain line-of-sight, which the remote mouse needs to work.


THE QUESTION:

My client wants to have the talking be dynamically-activated by the sound 

of the "puppeteer's" voice. Does anyone have any idea how this could be 

accomplished (without tossing the Flash altogether)*? Is there perhaps some 

exotic Flash plug-in or specialized hardware that could do this? I'm just 

starting to look into it so any ideas for leads I could follow would be 

appreciated.


*then again, if you know a non-Flash way, let me hear it. I just need to 

present alternatives to the client.


Thanks.


Ted Nunes - Art Director - Duthie Associates, Inc.

tedduthiemm [dot] com

 - http://www.duthiemm.com

3310 West End Ave. Ste 575 - Nashville,TN 37203

615-386-3061 - 615-386-3063 (fax)





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