Simple Voice Animations
by henkelmax
Simple Voice Animations makes player heads move with speech, using the voice input that Simple Voice Chat provides, and players choose the animation style they prefer.
What it does
Simple Voice Animations animates the head of each player while they talk. The animation is driven by Simple Voice Chat, which is required, so the voice chat mod must be installed alongside it. Mod Menu is an optional dependency and gives access to the settings screen from the mods list.
Each player picks an animation style and can change it at any time. A server running the mod syncs everyone's animation settings to the other players. Players who run the mod without a server setting fall back to the default style, and servers without the mod let other players see each player's own animation settings. A config option controls the fallback behavior. The mod works on a client alone, on a server alone or on both, and neither side is required to run it.
Simple Voice Animations is published for Fabric and Quilt for 26.2 and 26.3, with fabric-1.3.1+26.3 for 26.3 as the latest file on both loaders. The code is not open source and is covered by All rights reserved, while the source code and the issue tracker are public.
Key features
Squish, stretch and scale styles
The head can squish, stretch vertically or scale up and down while the player talks.
Split head styles
Hinge and vertical split styles open the head like a jaw or lift the upper part straight up, and the split height is configurable for both.
Nod animation
The head nods in time with speech as an alternative animation style.
Live style preview
A drag bar in the settings screen previews the chosen style and sets where the head splits. The settings screen opens with a configurable key binding, J by default.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 1
How it compares
Simple Voice Chat Group Player Names is client-side only and requires Fabric or NeoForge, built for 1.21.1 – 26.3, with All rights reserved. Talking Heads is also client-side only but runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 26.3 under the Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 4.0 license. Universal Voice Chat is open source under the MIT License for Fabric only, with a single build for 26.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Voice Animations | Fabric and Quilt | 26.2 – 26.3 | Client or server, optional | 2026-09-15 |
| Talking Heads | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-02 |
| Simple Voice Chat Group Player Names | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-07 |
| Universal Voice Chat | Fabric | 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-05 |
Questions
Does Simple Voice Animations need Simple Voice Chat?
Does the server need the mod for players to see the animations?
Which loaders does Simple Voice Animations support?
In the catalog
Simple Voice Animations is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Animates player heads using Simple Voice Chat. Each player chooses their own animation style. If the mod is installed on the server, everyone's animation settings are synced to all other players. Players without the mod on their client use the style set in the default_head_animation_style server config option. On…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/simple-voice-animations
- Owner
- henkelmax
- Published
- 2026-07-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15