What is ElevenLabs Voice Design?

Voice Design allows you to create a unique voice from a text prompt by describing the unique characteristics of the voice you need.

Where can I find Voice Design?

Head to Voice -> My Voices -> Add a new voice -> Voice Design.

When should I use Voice Design versus looking for a voice in the Voice Library?

We created Voice Design to help you fill the gaps when the exact voice they are looking for isn’t available in the Voice Library. Professional Voice Clones are still the highest quality voices on our platform and if there is one available that fits your needs, we recommend using it. But if you can’t find a suitable voice in the Voice Library to fit your vision, use Voice Design.

What types of voices can I create with Voice Design?

Voice Design is great for creating character voices like “An angry old pirate, shouting” or “A massive evil ogre, troll” and realistic voices like “A young Indian female with a soft, high voice. Conversational, slow and calm”. Refer to our prompting guide for tips and tricks.

Is there a Voice Design API?

Yes, you can generate new voice previews with this endpoint and save those voices with this endpoint .

Well, I'll be damned. [laughs] Looks like it's just me and you left. Ain't seen Bodecker since back at Old Ford and... Ah, hell. Let's head back to camp before the dark sets in.

[ethereal music] Greetings, my friend. What brings you to Mount Olympus today? Here to gaze at my beautiful muscles again?

Generate any AI voice you can imagine using just a text prompt

Customise the tone, accent, age, pacing, and delivery of your voices to create infinite characters with expressive delivery.

Design A Voice

Prompt

A calm, tough and gruff old cowboy with an deep, gravelly, southern American accent.

Text to preview

Well, I'll be damned. [laughs] Looks like it's just me and you left. Ain't seen Bodecker since back at Old Ford and... Ah, hell. Let's head back to camp before the dark sets in.

Introducing Voice Design, powered by our latest Text to Speech v3 model.

Create lifelike voices from any description - surreal to serious, funny to fierce. Voice any character and bring your stories to life.

Try Voice Design v3

Create any character imaginable with Voice Design v3. Available now on ElevenLabs, free to start.

A calm, tough and gruff old cowboy with an deep, gravelly, southern American accent.

The friendly mythical God, Zeus, with a huge deep powerful voice. Charming, proud, strong and theatrical.

A calm and husky make warrior with a thick Japanese accent. Soft, whiskery, low tone with a composed and gentle pacing.

A scary old and haggard witch who is sneaky and menacing. She has a croaky, harsh, shrill, high-pitch voice that cackles.

A low, whispery and assertive female voice with a thick French accent. Cool, composed and seductive, with a hint of mystery.

A funny alien from outer space with a ludicrous and annoying voice that always slightly gargles in a silly high-pitch tone.

A very old, cranky and croaky African-American grandma. 80 years old. Very hoarse, grumpy, shrill and frustrated.

Prompt to voice in seconds

Easily customize the voice by choosing age, gender, and pitch. Fine-tune the emotion, delivery, and overall direction. Adjust audio quality and preview your text before generating.

Design the perfect AI voice with our Voice Prompting Guide

Check out our prompting guide for more details on how to produce the best possible voices from Voice Design, and get inspired by sample prompts to help you get started.

Voice Design API

Integrate Voice Design into your product or workflow with our API. We have an endpoint for generating voice previews from a prompt and a separate endpoint for saving those previews to your library. Note: Voice Design with v3 is currently in alpha. It is only available in the dashboard, with API access coming soon.

Voice Design Pricing

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