Migrate from PlayHT to ElevenLabs | ElevenLabs Documentation

ElevenLabs provides a seamless migration path for PlayHT users. This guide will walk you through the steps to migrate your PlayHT voice generation and Text To Speech workflows to ElevenLabs.

To help you with the transition we offer a coupon code for existing PlayHT customers. Please forward your latest invoice to playht@elevenlabs.io to receive a free month of the Creator plan.

The ElevenLabs API provides a simple interface to state-of-the-art audio models and features. Follow this guide to learn how to create lifelike speech with our Text to Speech API. See the developer guides for more examples with our other products.

Using the Text to Speech API

Create an API key

Create an API key in the dashboard here, which you’ll use to securely access the API.

Store the key as a managed secret and pass it to the SDKs either as a environment variable via an .env file, or directly in your app’s configuration depending on your preference.

.env

1 ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=<your_api_key_here>

Install the SDK

We’ll also use the dotenv library to load our API key from an environment variable.

1 pip install elevenlabs
2 pip install python-dotenv

To play the audio through your speakers, you may be prompted to install MPV and/or ffmpeg.

Make your first request

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

1 from dotenv import load_dotenv
2 from elevenlabs.client import ElevenLabs
3 from elevenlabs import play
4 
5 load_dotenv()
6 
7 elevenlabs = ElevenLabs(
8   api_key=os.getenv("ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"),
9 )
10 
11 audio = elevenlabs.text_to_speech.convert(
12     text="The first move is what sets everything in motion.",
13     voice_id="JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb",
14     model_id="eleven_multilingual_v2",
15     output_format="mp3_44100_128",
16 )
17 
18 play(audio)

Run the code

1 python example.py

You should hear the audio play through your speakers.

Migrating additional features

Instant Voice Cloning

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.

Voice agents

ElevenLabs Conversational AI lets you deploy customized, conversational voice agents in minutes. See the Conversational AI overview to learn how to migrate your PlayAI voice agents.

Audio streaming with Twilio

ElevenLabs Conversational AI provides a native Twilio integration as well as integrations with other telephony providers like Vonage, Telnyx, and Plivo. Or connect your existing phone system with ElevenLabs conversational AI agents using SIP trunking.

Input Streaming with LLMs

In most cases you will want to use our end-to-end Conversational AI platform. For advanced enterprise use cases you can use our multi-context websocket

Explore our developer guides

Now that you’ve made your first ElevenLabs API request, you can explore the other products that ElevenLabs offers.

Speech to Text

Convert spoken audio into text

Conversational AI

Deploy conversational voice agents

Voice cloning

Clone a voice

Sound effects

Generate sound effects from text

Voice Changer

Transform the voice of an audio file

Voice Isolator

Isolate background noise from audio

Voice Design

Generate voices from a single text prompt

Dubbing

Dub audio/video from one language to another

Forced Alignment

Generate time-aligned transcripts for audio