Sonantic
Emotional voice synthesis for games — acquired by Spotify in 2022.
Emotional voice synthesis for games — acquired by Spotify in 2022.
Best for historical reference — Sonantic's tech now powers parts of Spotify's audiobook / narration tier. Pricing: discontinued as standalone.
What it is
Sonantic was a London-based emotional voice-synthesis vendor known for cloning Val Kilmer's voice for Top Gun: Maverick. Acquired by Spotify in 2022 and folded into Spotify's audiobook narration tech. Consent posture: project-by-project consent (e.g. Val Kilmer's written consent for the Top Gun clone); no public end-user cloning surface.
Watch out for: Standalone public product is discontinued; technology folded into Spotify Findaway Voices AI narration tier.
Install / use
sonantic.io (folded into Spotify)Features
| Speaker diarization | No |
| Word-level timestamps | No |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | 1 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Sonantic vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Sonantic | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Products | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | discontinued as standalone | free beta |
| Speaker diarization | — | Yes |
| Word timestamps | — | Yes |
| Streaming | — | No |
| Languages | 1 | 99 |
| Platforms | Cloud | Web, API, MCP |
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