ElevenLabs

What it is

ElevenLabs is an AI audio platform built around its own foundational models. It has two product areas: ElevenCreative for generating speech, music, sound effects, images and video, and ElevenAgents for configuring, deploying and monitoring conversational agents. It also offers APIs for text to speech, speech to text and music. The homepage cites 90+ languages and a large voice library.

Who it's for

• Developers building voice, transcription or music features through the APIs
• Enterprises deploying voice or chat agents for customer experience
• Creators producing audiobooks, podcasts, voiceovers, ads, and social content
• Teams localizing content with dubbing and multilingual speech

Requirements

Setup

1. Create a client with your API key

   The homepage's JavaScript sample imports ElevenLabsClient from @elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js and initializes it with an API key. The page gives no install command, so see the docs linked from the site (Explore docs).

   typescriptCopy

   import { ElevenLabsClient } from "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js";
   
   const client = new ElevenLabsClient({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" });

Examples

import { ElevenLabsClient } from "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js";

const client = new ElevenLabsClient({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" });

await client.textToSpeech.convert("JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb", {
  outputFormat: "mp3_44100_128",
  text: "The first move is what sets everything in motion.",
  modelId: "eleven_multilingual_v2",
});

import { ElevenLabsClient } from "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js";

const { music } = new ElevenLabsClient();

const compositionPlan = await music.compositionPlan.create({
  prompt: "Fast-paced electronic track for a video...",
  musicLengthMs: 10000,
});

In the ancient land of Eldoria, where skies shimmered and forests, whispered secrets to the wind, lived a dragon named Zephyros. [sarcastically] Not the “burn it all down” kind... [giggles] but he was gentle, wise, with eyes like old stars. [whispers] Even the birds fell silent when he passed.

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