ElevenLabs API

ElevenLabs is the leading AI voice synthesis platform, generating ultra-realistic speech from text with fine-grained control over voice characteristics, emotion, pacing, and style. It produces the most natural-sounding AI voices currently available.

Key use cases include:

• Audiobook and podcast narration with human-quality voice synthesis
• Video narration and voiceover for content creators
• Voice cloning — create a digital replica of any voice from a short audio sample
• Real-time voice assistants and conversational AI
• Multilingual dubbing and localization (29+ languages)
• Accessibility features — text-to-speech for applications and websites

ElevenLabs is used by content creators, media companies, game studios, and developers building voice-enabled products. The Turbo v2.5 model enables real-time streaming with sub-second latency, making it suitable for interactive applications.

The platform supports both pre-built voices and custom voice cloning from as little as 30 seconds of reference audio.

1. Create an account at elevenlabs.io and find your API key in Profile Settings.
2. Install the SDK:

   # Python
   pip install elevenlabs
   
   # Node.js
   npm install elevenlabs

3. Generate speech:

   from elevenlabs import ElevenLabs
   client = ElevenLabs(api_key='your-api-key')
   audio = client.text_to_speech.convert(
       text='Hello world!',
       voice_id='JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb',
       model_id='eleven_turbo_v2_5'
   )

Pricing: Free tier provides 10,000 characters/month. Starter plan at $5/month (30K chars). Creator plan at $22/month (100K chars). Scale plan at $99/month (500K chars). Voice cloning requires Creator plan or above. See elevenlabs.io/pricing.