Commercial product
SoundSmith is Hearthlight’s flagship commercial product: creator-controlled audio mastering available through its separate web application.
Explore SoundSmithCommercial, internal and experimental work
Tools shaped around real creative constraints
Hearthlight develops technology to reduce friction without removing authorship or control—from a live commercial product to private studio tools, experimental workflows and accessibility-led production systems.
Different availability, one studio principle
Technology categories
Internal studio tools
Private systems support video assembly, avatar control, narration and workflow automation. They are not public downloads.
Research and experiments
Private prototypes explore accessibility-led interfaces and local production systems without being presented as released products.
Accessibility-led development
Reduce friction while keeping the workflow understandable
Reduced repetitive workProtect creative attention for decisions that need it.
Shorter production sessionsMake useful progress possible within limited time.
Clear controls and keyboard useKeep essential actions readable and reachable.
Local processing where appropriateReduce unnecessary infrastructure dependence.
Low cognitive overheadMake the next action and its effect easier to understand.
Sustainable operating costsAvoid subscriptions and services that do not materially help the workflow.
Internal studio tool
Not publicly availableHearthlight Avatar Core
A local desktop tool for displaying a PNG spokes-avatar during studio presentation and audio-story work. It can use microphone or virtual-audio input, switch between simple mouth and blink states, and place the avatar over transparent or chroma-key backgrounds.
No public download or unstable setup instructions are provided.
Audio inputMouth stateBlink stateLocal display
Video and story production
Internal assembly workflows
- Scene assembly and illustrated sequencing
- Restrained Ken Burns motion
- Audio alignment and narration workflow
- Music, mastering and edit hand-offs
Responsible assistance
AI can assist without becoming the author
Hearthlight may use AI for analysis, drafting and repetitive tasks. Creators remain responsible for direction and final decisions, and assistance should not erase ownership or intent. The studio does not position automation as a route to content farming.
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Product and project status guide
- Live product
- A released commercial tool.
- Public project
- A creative or studio project with a public destination.
- In development
- Active work without a finished public release.
- Internal studio tool
- Private software used inside Hearthlight.
- Experiment
- Research or a prototype without product status.