Instant Voice Cloning quickstart | ElevenLabs Documentation

This guide will show you how to create an Instant Voice Clone using the Clone Voice API. To create an Instant Voice Clone via the dashboard, refer to the Instant Voice Clone product guide.

For an in-depth explanation of how IVC and PVC work under the hood and when to choose each, see Voice cloning: how it works.

Using the Instant Voice Clone API

This guide assumes you have set up your API key and SDK. Complete the quickstart first if you haven’t.

Make the API request

Create a new file named example.py or example.mts, depending on your language of choice and add the following code:

# example.py
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from elevenlabs.client import ElevenLabs
from io import BytesIO
load_dotenv()
elevenlabs = ElevenLabs(
  api_key=os.getenv("ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"),
)
voice = elevenlabs.voices.ivc.create(
    name="My Voice Clone",
    # Replace with the paths to your audio files.
    # The more files you add, the better the clone will be.
    files=[BytesIO(open("/path/to/your/audio/file.mp3", "rb").read())]
)
print(voice.voice_id)

Execute the code

python example.py

You should see the voice ID printed to the console.

Next steps

Professional voice cloning

Create a higher-quality clone by fine-tuning a model on your voice samples.

Voice cloning: how it works

Understand the technical differences between IVC and PVC and when to choose each.