Character engine · Research preview
While you say nothing, the character keeps paying attention and remembering, and when the moment is right, it speaks first.
What the character says when nobody asked
An illustrative scene: the character, Shio, shows what Moon does. A recording with the avatar and voice is in production.
Let me kill this bug first. Talk in a bit.
Go. I'll be here.
You are busy, so the character leaves you to it.
…It's been quiet over there for a while. Fixed, or stuck?
Nobody asked. The character spoke first.
Stuck.
Then stop staring at it. Last time you got up, made tea, and saw it the second you sat back down.
Last time is remembered.
…Fine. Tea.
Got it! It really was a missing bracket.
Told you. Did you actually drink the tea?
Forgot.
Go drink it.
Welcome back. That bracket behaving itself today?
A day later, the thread picks up where it was left.
Every line a chatbot says has to be bought with one of yours. Characters in companion apps, streams and games need another way of being with someone: there throughout, aware of what just happened, and able to start the conversation themselves.
When nobody is speaking, the character is still there. What happened, and is worth keeping, is kept.
When something comes to mind, or a question seems due, the character speaks without waiting to be asked.
What the character learns is kept, and the next conversation picks up where the last one stopped.
When you are busy, the character stays quiet; when you surface, it picks the thread up. When to speak and when not to is its own call.
The face moves with the words, at the same moment.
Moon sits between listening and speaking. The voice can be ours or your own speech synthesis, and Moon works together with Tide.
Read the documentationInput
What the character hears
Output
What the character will say
Works with
Our voice or your speech synthesis, and Tide
Offered asReal-time API (free trial open) · Local licence
If you are building a character that should think between its lines, tell us about it.
Opens your mail app. We will write back.
Shio is an AI character that listens and speaks up on its own. We are inviting a few people at a time to a short voice conversation in the browser. Tell us a little about yourself.
Research previewFeatures are still being added.
Moon sets the timing. Tide puts it on the face.
When the character is about to speak and when it settles, you can see it.