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Supertone is a South Korean voice AI platform, part of HYBE, offering TTS, real-time voice changing, voice cloning and audio enhancement, with especially strong Korean and multilingual speech and developer APIs.
Supertone, founded in 2020 and headquartered in South Korea, builds a voice intelligence platform spanning several products. Supertone Play is a text-to-speech studio with 150+ voices, Supertone Shift is a real-time voice-changing and conversion tool popular with streamers and creators, and the company also offers voice cloning, audio enhancement and developer APIs. A distinguishing strength is its Korean-language quality, developed with roots in Seoul National University voice AI research, capturing subtle intonation and emotion that many Western tools miss; its Sona Speech models support around two dozen languages. The company has also pushed on-device, GPU-free TTS with its Supertonic model for low-latency, efficient synthesis. Supertone is backed by and part of HYBE, the entertainment company behind major K-pop acts, giving it strong ties to music and media production. It serves creators, game and media studios, and enterprises through both self-serve products and API integrations, with pricing that spans free trials to enterprise deals.
Supertone is a South Korean voice AI platform, part of HYBE, offering TTS, real-time voice conversion, cloning and audio enhancement, with standout Korean and multilingual quality and APIs.
Supertone was founded in 2020 by researchers including Kyogu Lee and Hoon Heo, with roots in Seoul National University voice AI research. It was acquired by and integrated into HYBE, the entertainment company behind major K-pop acts, aligning its technology with music and media production.
The company has expanded from research into a multi-product voice intelligence platform used by creators, studios and enterprises.
Supertone's products include Supertone Play (TTS with 150+ voices), Supertone Shift (real-time voice changing), voice cloning, audio enhancement and the Sona Speech models supporting around two dozen languages. Supertonic offers on-device, GPU-free low-latency synthesis.
The platform is offered through self-serve products and APIs, including an AWS Marketplace listing, with pricing spanning free trials to enterprise deals.
It serves streamers and creators, media and dubbing studios, game developers and Korean-language and multilingual projects.
Creators, streamers and studio audio teams generating or converting voice.
Media companies, game studios and enterprises licensing voice AI.
K-pop and entertainment industry, voice AI research community.
A media studio, game developer or creator, especially working in Korean or multilingual contexts, that needs high-quality TTS, voice conversion or cloning with enterprise API support.
Supertone raised venture funding before being acquired by HYBE; specific amounts should be verified.
Supertone is a South Korean voice AI company that is part of HYBE, the entertainment group behind major K-pop artists.
Text-to-speech (Supertone Play), real-time voice changing (Supertone Shift), voice cloning, audio enhancement and APIs.
Yes, it is widely regarded as a top Korean TTS platform, with strong intonation and emotional expression.
Yes, Supertone supports voice cloning from a short recording, subject to consent requirements.
Yes, it offers developer APIs and is listed on AWS Marketplace for enterprise integration.
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