Question 1

How can creators use ElevenLabs text to speech?

Accepted Answer

Creators use our text to speech models to generate narration for audiobooks, podcasts, and videos. With 70+ languages and thousands of voices, our AI voice generator helps storytellers scale production quickly without sacrificing quality.

Question 2

Can I make custom voices with text to speech?

Accepted Answer

Yes. With voice cloning, creators can generate custom voices for characters, branded content, or personal projects. This gives complete creative control while saving time and production costs.

Question 3

Does text to speech work for long-form content like audiobooks?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely. Our models are optimized for consistent, natural delivery across hours of narration. Creators can assign multiple characters, manage pacing, and direct delivery for professional audiobook production.

Question 4

How realistic are ElevenLabs voices?

Accepted Answer

Our voices capture emotional depth, natural pacing, and context-aware delivery. This makes our text to speech and AI voice generator outputs nearly indistinguishable from human speech.

Question 5

What are AI voice agents?

Accepted Answer

AI voice agents are real-time systems that use text to speech and speech recognition to hold natural conversations. On our Agents Platform, they can answer questions, handle customer support, or act as intelligent assistants.

Question 6

How do conversational AI agents improve customer experience?

Accepted Answer

Conversational AI agents provide instant, human-like interactions across phone, chat, and web. With low latency and contextual understanding, they deliver consistent service at scale, reducing wait times and improving engagement.

Question 7

Can enterprises deploy AI agents with ElevenLabs?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Enterprises use our platform to run voice agents across call centers, sales, and customer support. Our solutions reduce costs while delivering high-quality conversations across global markets.

Question 8

What industries benefit most from AI voice agents?

Accepted Answer

Sectors like customer service, education, healthcare, and retail use AI voice agents to provide 24/7 support, improve accessibility, and scale operations without compromising quality.

Question 9

How do developers integrate ElevenLabs text to speech into products?

Accepted Answer

Developers can use our REST and streaming APIs to embed text to speech into apps, websites, or telephony systems. With just a few lines of code, you can add lifelike voices into any workflow.

Question 10

What developer tools are available?

Accepted Answer

We provide SDKs, sample code, and a playground for quick experimentation. Features like SSML, inline audio tags, and contextual prosody controls make integration flexible for any use case.

Question 11

How fast is the ElevenLabs API?

Accepted Answer

Our streaming API delivers sub-200 ms latency, enabling real-time applications like voice agents, live translation, and interactive gaming.

Question 12

Can developers scale text to speech for millions of users?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Our APIs are built for scale, supporting global workloads with enterprise-grade reliability. Developers can start with a free trial and scale to production seamlessly.

Question 13

Is ElevenLabs text to speech secure?

Accepted Answer

Yes. We follow SOC2 Type II and GDPR standards. Features like moderation, provenance tracking, and watermarking ensure safe, responsible use of AI voices.

Question 14

Can enterprises trust AI voice generator tools for sensitive data?

Accepted Answer

Our infrastructure is designed for compliance and data privacy. Enterprises in finance, healthcare, and government trust ElevenLabs because of our security-first approach.

Question 15

How does ElevenLabs ensure AI safety?

Accepted Answer

We lead research in AI safety with systems for moderation, accountability, and provenance. This ensures AI voice agents and text to speech models are used responsibly.

Question 16

How reliable is ElevenLabs for enterprise-scale deployments?

Accepted Answer

Our models are optimized for both speed and scale. Enterprises can depend on low latency, global language coverage, and high uptime SLAs for mission-critical use cases.

The most realistic voice AI platform

AI voice models and products powering millions of developers, creators, and enterprises. From low‑latency conversational agents to the leading AI voice generator for voiceovers and audiobooks.

Trusted by leading developers and enterprises

The most expressive text to speech model

Our AI voice generator delivers emotional depth and rich delivery, setting a new standard in expressive speech. Available now in Alpha.

Agents Platform

Speak to your customers with natural, human-sounding AI that feels truly personal.

Generate high-quality audio with our AI voice generator for audiobooks, videos, and podcasts

Audiobooks

Upload your ePub or PDF, pick your characters, direct the delivery, and publish high-quality multi-voice audiobooks.

Video voiceovers

Select the ideal voice or clone your own. Generate ads, shorts, or films with our AI voice generator.

Dubbed videos

Translate into 30+ languages while preserving the speaker’s voice. Dub with one click or use Dubbing Studio for full control.

Podcasts

Use Voice Isolator to clean up any recording, or Text to Speech to generate short segments or full podcasts with multiple speakers.

Music

Generate studio-quality tracks instantly, any genre, any style, vocals or instrumental, in minutes using simple text prompts.

Audiobooks

Upload your ePub or PDF, pick your characters, direct the delivery, and publish high-quality multi-voice audiobooks.

Video voiceovers

Select the ideal voice or clone your own. Generate ads, shorts, or films with our AI voice generator.

Dubbed videos

Translate into 30+ languages while preserving the speaker’s voice. Dub with one click or use Dubbing Studio for full control.

Podcasts

Use Voice Isolator to clean up any recording, or Text to Speech to generate short segments or full podcasts with multiple speakers.

Music

Generate studio-quality tracks instantly, any genre, any style, vocals or instrumental, in minutes using simple text prompts.

Used by millions of the best creators

Create content faster withVoice Cloning

Voice over your videos withText to Speech

Create AI audiobooks withStudio

Translate your content withDubbing

Build the most advanced audio models into your product with our APIs and SDKs

Text to Speech API

Independently rated the leading Text to Speech models. Choose Multilingual v2 for lifelike consistent speech; eleven_v3 for emotionally rich and expressive speech; or Flash v2.5 for the lowest latency. All support 29+ languages.

Speech to Text API

The most accurate ASR model. Low cost and supporting speaker diarization and character level timestamps.

Voice Changer API

The leading Voice Changer model. Give your users full control over delivery of timing, inflection and emotion through voice control

Agents

Build and deploy AI voice agents on web, mobile, or telephony in minutes with low latency and full configurability.

Easy to use APIs that scale

The leading AI audio models, robust, scalable and quick to integrate.

Deliver new experiences and save costs for your enterprise

CALL CENTERS & CUSTOMER SERVICE

Power inbound and outbound AI calls at scale, for customer support, customer service, and sales. Deliver higher quality interactions at a lower cost.

AI ASSISTANTS

Give voice to your AI assistants. Get to production in days not weeks with low-latency and ultra-realistic interactions. Scale with full control over the LLM.

EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

Build more engaging experiences with Conversational AI. Take learning to a new level and support 29+ languages with the highest quality voices.

MEDIA CREATION TOOLS

Build AI audio into your media creation platform. Give your users the highest-quality voices, control over delivery with voice changer, and royalty-free sound effects.

CALL CENTERS & CUSTOMER SERVICE

Power inbound and outbound AI calls at scale, for customer support, customer service, and sales. Deliver higher quality interactions at a lower cost.

AI ASSISTANTS

Give voice to your AI assistants. Get to production in days not weeks with low-latency and ultra-realistic interactions. Scale with full control over the LLM.

EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

Build more engaging experiences with Conversational AI. Take learning to a new level and support 29+ languages with the highest quality voices.

MEDIA CREATION TOOLS

Build AI audio into your media creation platform. Give your users the highest-quality voices, control over delivery with voice changer, and royalty-free sound effects.

AI safety at ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs is the leader in responsible use of AI audio through Moderation, Accountability and Provenance.

Breakthrough Research

ElevenLabs was the first company to cross the threshold of making human-like text to speech.

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