ElevenLabs

What is ElevenLabs?

ElevenLabs is an AI text-to-speech platform that provides developers, creators, and businesses with realistic speech synthesis solutions. Its core products include text-to-speech (supporting 29+ languages ​​including Chinese and 10,000+ voices), AI voice-over, voice cloning , and music generation . The platform is renowned for its ultra-low latency and emotionally rich speech quality, and is widely used in audiobooks, video dubbing, customer service centers, and content localization.

ElevenLabs’ main functions

• Text-to-speech : ElevenLabs offers three main models: Eleven v3 , Multilingual v2, and Flash v2.5 Among them, Eleven v3 is the most emotionally expressive model, Multilingual v2 provides the most realistic multilingual consistent speech, and Flash v2.5 meets the needs of real-time dialogue with an ultra-low latency of 75 milliseconds.
• Voice cloning : Allows users to provide several minutes of audio samples to accurately replicate any human voice characteristics, enabling cloned voices to speak naturally across different languages.
• Speech-to-text : The Scribe v2 transcription model supports more than 90 languages, has a 98% recognition accuracy, and provides speaker separation and character-level precise timestamp localization.
• AI music generation : Instantly generate studio-quality music works covering any genre and style with simple text descriptions, supporting the creation of complete tracks, whether purely instrumental or with vocals.
• Sound Effects Generation : The system can automatically generate realistic environmental sound effects based on scene descriptions, providing real-time audio material support for video production, game development, and multimedia content.
• Voice separation : Supports accurate extraction of clear human voices from complex recordings containing background noise, significantly improving audio quality and listenability.
• AI voiceover : The platform supports one-click translation of content into more than 30 languages, while fully preserving the original speaker’s unique timbre and expression style during the translation process.
• Intelligent Agent Platform : Developers can quickly build and deploy AI voice agents with low-latency response, advanced dialogue management and function call capabilities, supporting multiple access channels such as web pages, mobile applications and telephone systems.
• API & SDK : ElevenLabs provides comprehensive Python and TypeScript software development kits, along with detailed API documentation, to help developers seamlessly integrate leading audio AI capabilities into their own products and achieve large-scale application.

How to use ElevenLabs

• Visit the official website : Go to the ElevenLabs official website. Complete account registration and login to access the ElevenLabs user console main interface.
• Text-to-speech :
  • Input content : Enter or paste the text you want to convert to speech in the text box.
  • Select a voice : Click the “Voice” drop-down menu and choose a voice suitable for your content from more than 100 preset voices.
  • Select Model : Choose “Eleven Multilingual v2” in the “Model” option for the best Chinese support.
  • Adjust settings : Use “Settings” to adjust parameters such as speech rate and stability to make the generated speech more suitable for your needs.
  • Generate speech : Click the “Generate” button, and the system will begin processing and converting the text into a speech file.
  • Playback Preview : After generation, click the play button to listen to the converted audio effect online.
  • Download file : If satisfied, click the “Download” button to save the MP3 audio file to your local computer.
• Voice cloning :
  • To enter the lab : Click the “Voice Lab” option in the left menu bar to enter the Voice Lab function page.
  • Add a sound : Click the “Add Generative or Cloned Voice” button to start creating a custom sound.
  • Choose the cloning method : Select “Instant Voice Cloning” for instant voice cloning.
  • Upload Samples : Click the upload area and select 3-5 clear audio sample files.
  • Fill in the information : Enter a name and descriptive label for the cloned voice to facilitate subsequent identification and use.
  • Confirm creation : Click the “Add Voice” button and wait for the system to complete the voice cloning process.
  • Using cloned voices : After successful creation, the voice will appear in the voice library and can be used for text-to-speech just like preset voices.

ElevenLabs product pricing

• Free : Includes text-to-speech, speech-to-text, music generation, intelligent agents, 3 studio projects, automatic dubbing, and API access.
• Starter : $5 per month, includes all features of the free version, plus a commercial license, instant voice cloning, 20 studio projects, voice studio and music commercial permissions, and a monthly credit limit of 10k.
• Creator : $11 per month, includes all features of the starter plan, plus professional voice cloning, extra credit, and 192kbps high-quality audio, with a monthly credit limit of 30k.
• Pro : $99 per month, includes all features of the Creator Edition, and a monthly credit limit of 100k.
• Scale : $330 per month, includes all features of the professional version, adds 3 workspace seats, and a monthly credit limit of 500k.
• Business : $1,320 per month, includes all features of the scale version, plus low-latency TTS (as low as 5 cents/minute), 3 professional voice clones, and 5 workspace seats.

Application scenarios of ElevenLabs

• Audiobook production : After uploading EPUB or PDF documents, creators can assign unique voices to different characters and finely adjust the reading emotions to output high-quality multi-character audiobooks.
• Video voiceover : Users can select their ideal voice from a massive sound library to quickly generate professional-grade narration for short commercials, film and television content, or social media videos.
• Podcast creation : Clean up noise in live recordings using speech separation technology, or generate complete podcast programs and multi-host dialogue segments using text-to-speech technology.
• Content localization : Translate video content into more than 70 languages ​​with one click, while preserving the original speaker’s unique voice and achieving rapid global market coverage.
• Advertising and Marketing : Brands can customize their own voice avatars and create high-conversion voice ads and interactive voice marketing campaigns.