Custom voices

A custom voice is a voice clone tied to your account. Once registered, it behaves exactly like a preset voice — same TTS endpoint, same parameters — but it lives at a separate set of endpoints and is only callable by the account that created it. Custom voices can be created two ways:

In Supertone Play — upload a sample and clone through the UI.
Via the API — POST /v1/custom-voices/cloned-voice with an audio file.

Either path produces the same kind of voice. Voices cloned in Play show up in list_custom_voices, and voices cloned via the API show up in Play. There’s no sync step.

Voice cloning via the API is not available on the Free tier. Cloning in Play is available on all paid tiers.

Endpoint overview

Endpoint	Purpose
`POST /v1/custom-voices/cloned-voice`	Create a new clone from an uploaded audio sample.
`GET /v1/custom-voices`	List all custom voices on your account.
`GET /v1/custom-voices/search`	Filter custom voices by name or description.
`GET /v1/custom-voices/{voice_id}`	Retrieve a single custom voice.
`PATCH /v1/custom-voices/{voice_id}`	Update name or description.
`DELETE /v1/custom-voices/{voice_id}`	Permanently delete a custom voice.

Create a clone

Upload a clean audio sample of the voice you want to clone:

Python
TypeScript
cURL

import os
from supertone import Supertone

with Supertone(api_key=os.environ["SUPERTONE_API_KEY"]) as client:
    with open("voice_sample.wav", "rb") as f:
        response = client.custom_voices.create_cloned_voice(
            files={"file_name": "voice_sample.wav", "content": f.read()},
            name="Hana — narrator voice",
            description="Calm, mid-pitch female voice for audiobook narration.",
        )

    print("Created custom voice:", response.voice_id)

import { Supertone } from "@supertone/supertone";
import * as fs from "node:fs";

const client = new Supertone({ apiKey: process.env.SUPERTONE_API_KEY });

const audio = fs.readFileSync("voice_sample.wav");

const response = await client.customVoices.createClonedVoice({
  files: { fileName: "voice_sample.wav", content: audio },
  name: "Hana — narrator voice",
  description: "Calm, mid-pitch female voice for audiobook narration.",
});

console.log("Created custom voice:", response.voiceId);

curl -X POST "https://supertoneapi.com/v1/custom-voices/cloned-voice" \
  -H "x-sup-api-key: $SUPERTONE_API_KEY" \
  -F "files=@voice_sample.wav" \
  -F "name=Hana — narrator voice" \
  -F "description=Calm, mid-pitch female voice for audiobook narration."

The response includes the new voice_id. Save it — that’s what you’ll pass to TTS calls.

Upload constraints

Format: WAV or MP3
Size: under 3 MB
Name: up to 100 characters

Clean, mono, single-speaker audio (5–30 seconds) yields the best clones. Avoid background music, multiple voices, or heavy room noise.

List and search

Python
TypeScript
cURL

# List all
result = client.custom_voices.list_custom_voices(page_size=20)
for voice in result.items or []:
    print(voice.voice_id, voice.name)

# Search by name or description
result = client.custom_voices.search_custom_voices(name="narrator")

// List all
const list = await client.customVoices.listCustomVoices({ pageSize: 20 });
for (const voice of list.items ?? []) {
  console.log(voice.voiceId, voice.name);
}

// Search by name or description
const search = await client.customVoices.searchCustomVoices({ name: "narrator" });

# List all
curl "https://supertoneapi.com/v1/custom-voices?page_size=20" \
  -H "x-sup-api-key: $SUPERTONE_API_KEY"

# Search
curl "https://supertoneapi.com/v1/custom-voices/search?name=narrator" \
  -H "x-sup-api-key: $SUPERTONE_API_KEY"

Use a custom voice in TTS

Once the clone is registered, call text_to_speech.create_speech exactly like you would with a preset voice — just pass the custom voice_id:

response = client.text_to_speech.create_speech(
    voice_id=CUSTOM_VOICE_ID,
    text="The first chapter begins on a quiet rainy morning.",
    language="en",
    model="sona_speech_2",
)

Custom voices support the same voice_settings, output_format, include_phonemes, and normalized_text fields as preset voices.

Update or delete

# Rename / update description
client.custom_voices.edit_custom_voice(
    voice_id=CUSTOM_VOICE_ID,
    name="Hana — narrator (v2)",
    description="Improved take with cleaner room tone.",
)

# Permanently delete
client.custom_voices.delete_custom_voice(voice_id=CUSTOM_VOICE_ID)

// Rename / update description
await client.customVoices.editCustomVoice({
  voiceId: CUSTOM_VOICE_ID,
  name: "Hana — narrator (v2)",
  description: "Improved take with cleaner room tone.",
});

// Permanently delete
await client.customVoices.deleteCustomVoice({ voiceId: CUSTOM_VOICE_ID });

Important constraints

Account-scoped. A custom voice is callable only by the account that created it. Calling someone else’s custom voice — even if you know the ID — returns 403 Forbidden.
Same credits. Custom voice calls deduct credits at the same rate as preset voices.
Permissions and disclosure. Make sure you have rights to clone any voice you upload. Check your jurisdiction’s rules around AI-generated voices and end-user disclosure.

Preset voices

Browse and search Supertone’s preset voice library.

End-to-end example

Clone, list, and use a custom voice in TTS.

API reference

Full request and response schema.

Cost and usage

Forecast cost and monitor per-voice usage.

Get started

Core concepts

Text-to-Speech

SDKs

Examples

Production

Resources

Endpoint overview

Create a clone

Upload constraints

List and search

Use a custom voice in TTS

Update or delete

Important constraints

Preset voices

End-to-end example

API reference

Cost and usage

Get started

Core concepts

Text-to-Speech

SDKs

Examples

Production

Resources

Documentation Index

​Endpoint overview

​Create a clone

​Upload constraints

​List and search

​Use a custom voice in TTS

​Update or delete

​Important constraints

​Related

Preset voices

End-to-end example

API reference

Cost and usage

Endpoint overview

Create a clone

Upload constraints

List and search

Use a custom voice in TTS

Update or delete

Important constraints

Related