AI Tools / Typecast
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Typecast
An AI text-to-speech service from Neosapience with a deep Korean voice library and per-sentence control of emotion, speed and sentence endings. We voiced all 95 of our Korean AI shorts with it.
- Best known for
- Korean narration and character voices
- Billing model
- Monthly plan + download credits (generation and playback are unlimited; credits are spent on download)
- Commercial use
- Basic and above; Free requires attribution
- Company
- Neosapience (South Korea)
Our hands-on notes
Used by our team
- We voiced all 95 Korean shorts on the Business plan (KRW 99,000/month, 200,000 credits).
- Across our latest 20 episodes the median was 911 credits per episode (about KRW 451) — roughly 12% of per-episode material cost; the rest was video clips.
- Transcribe each take right after synthesis and diff it against the script: one paragraph once came back with a different word (2026-10-01).
Typecast pricing
Free
Free
- 3,000 lifetime credits (~5 min)
- Attribution required
Basic
$5/mo
$54 / year
- 30,000 credits / month (~35 min)
- All voices · commercial license
Plus
$19/mo
$204 / year
- 40,000 credits / month (~50 min)
- Speed control
Pro
$29/mo
$312 / year
- 75,000 credits / month (~90 min)
- Emotion controls
Business
$69/mo
$744 / year
- 200,000 credits / month (~250 min)
- For teams, agencies and public bodies
Pricing checked 2026-10-20 · Official pricing page ↗
The Korean (KRW) and US (USD) price lists differ in price and in the minute estimates. The English page uses the USD list.
Strengths
- Wide choice of natural Korean voices
- Per-sentence emotion, speed and ending control
- Unlimited generation and playback, so auditioning is free
What to consider
- Credits are spent on download, so frequent re-takes add up
- The Free plan is a one-time 3,000 credits with attribution
- Client work needs a separate check of the commercial-consent clause
Guides that include this tool
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FAQ
How much does Typecast cost?
On the US price list checked 2026-10-20: Free $0 (3,000 lifetime credits), Basic $5, Plus $19, Pro $29 and Business $69 per month; yearly billing saves 10%.
How many credits does one short take?
Our ~90-second Korean shorts used 900–1,000 credits each (1 character = 1 credit).
How we built this card
- We re-read the official product and pricing pages on 2026-10-20.
- For tools our desk uses, we record the plan, period and numbers; for tools we have not used, we say so.
- No star ratings. This page contains no affiliate links, and every external link goes to the official site.
Sources: Typecast 요금제(한국) · Typecast pricing (US)