Hello, I'm Kim00, an AI artist active in Korea.
I'm currently working on various projects using AI, including animation and media art.
I am the main creator of Team AI Magic, which produces AI films,
and I'm actively involved in the AI field as a judge, facilitator, instructor,
and mentor for organizations like the Korea Character Association
and the Korea Creative Content Agency.
I mainly create works that explore humanity and human nature using AI.
I focus on various underlying aspects to express the invisible,
and by understanding the relationship between humans and technology,
I've produced various video content with AI, including 'The Guardian,'
the opening film of the Busan International Artificial Intelligence Film Festival.
Honestly, there are so many TTS services that I initially tried the well-known ones.
But when I happened to try Supertone PLAY, everything changed.
I loved the variety of emotionally rich character voices, and most importantly,
since I mainly work with Korean dialogue, having access to diverse voices
that capture Korean sensibilities was crucial. In filmmaking, dialogue performance
accounts for more than half of the impact, right?
PLAY delivers clean baseline performances that can be used immediately without awkwardness.
This has dramatically reduced the time and cost of casting voice actors,
so now I naturally use PLAY regularly.
At first, I thought I needed to hire actual actors to properly capture specific character tones.
I planned to create character voices based on those recordings.
However, during production, the dialogue kept changing while the deadline remained fixed,
leaving me with absolutely no time.
Eventually, I had to complete everything from editing to dubbing in a single day,
so I personally recorded all the character voices with a microphone.
This definitely shortened production time, but another problem emerged:
my acting skills and pronunciation were lacking.
That's when I tried TTS services, and PLAY in particular made a huge contribution.
I actually used PLAY for dubbing two works, 'Child of the Moon' and 'Sonang,'
and it was thanks to PLAY that I could complete both editing and dubbing in such a short time.
Hanna – News/documentary tone, I use her most frequently.
Luna – She has a great robot/AI feel, perfect for SF genres; all the guidance narration
for 'Humanity's Choice' and 'R.A.I.' was done with Luna.
What I appreciate most about PLAY is how it completely streamlines the workflow.
First, file management is incredibly convenient since you can select specific clips
or download everything at once.
Also, you can simply paste scripts as TXT files and extract them immediately,
which greatly reduces stress in projects with frequent dialogue changes.
Additionally, you can make real-time minor adjustments to pitch or speed,
allowing you to keep the basic performance tone while fine-tuning only what's necessary.
Crucially, the Korean-specific emotional nuances come through so well that personally,
I find it much more natural than ElevenLabs or Typecast.
I would like to highlight 'Luna Phase,' which won the silver award at the
ViduQreation Challenge. It would have taken a very long time if I had cast voice actors,
but using Supertone PLAY allowed me to work extremely quickly and achieve good results,
which was very satisfying.
This will probably take some time to materialize, but I've been creating several animations.
I believe that character voices have much more impact in animation than in other genres.
So this time, instead of using those voices just for myself, I want to share them
with fans and subscribers, creating a system where anyone can freely use them
for secondary creation. Looking at recent trends in the AI industry, the next step
seems to be "allowing users to directly participate in content creation and
making that process easier with AI." Following this direction, I'm planning to build
a platform where fans can easily use character voices and add their own stories.
I think it would be great to utilize PLAY's API for this project.
To be honest, the biggest benefit I've felt using Supertone PLAY is time-saving.
At first, I too hesitated, wondering "Won't TTS sound awkward?"
I had the characteristic unnatural feeling of old TTS stuck in my head.
But when I actually worked with PLAY, that awkwardness was significantly reduced,
and I became confident it would improve even faster in the future.
Particularly, PLAY's AI voice quality exceeds expectations, instantly cutting down
the time and cost of dialogue recording.
So to those currently considering TTS adoption, I confidently recommend:
"Once you try it, you'll find it's much more natural than expected,
and your workflow speed will truly change."
