# ElevenLabs Documentation
## How ElevenLabs works
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FJlcJWlLgC8?rel=0
ElevenLabs provides AI voice infrastructure: text-to-speech, speech-to-text, voice cloning, conversational agents, and generative audio. You can use it in four ways, suited to different audiences.
**[ElevenCreative](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-creative)** is a no-code web application where creators, producers, and editors generate voiceovers, music, dubs, and studio projects directly in the browser.
**[ElevenAgents](/guides/help-center-8-product-eleven-agents)** is the platform for designing and operating conversational voice agents, with a visual builder for non-technical users and full programmatic control for developers.
**[ElevenAPI](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-api)** exposes every capability as a REST interface with official Python and TypeScript SDKs, so developers can embed voice into their own applications and workflows.
**[Reception AI](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/reception-ai)** is a ready-to-deploy AI phone receptionist for small and medium businesses that answers calls, books appointments, and manages day-to-day operations from a single dashboard.
### Concepts
**Voices** are the speech persona used in audio generation. Each voice has a unique ID — for example, `JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb` — that you select in the dashboard or pass in API requests. ElevenLabs maintains a [library of 10,000+ voices](https://elevenlabs.io/app/voice-library). You can also clone a voice from an audio recording or generate one from a text description.
**Models** control the quality, latency, and language coverage of generated audio. [`eleven_v4`](/guides/overview-models) produces the most expressive output across 90+ languages. [`eleven_v4_turbo`](/guides/overview-models) targets real-time use at median inference latency of \~100ms. Each capability — speech-to-text, music, sound effects — has its own dedicated model.
**Credits** are the unit of consumption shared across every product. Text-to-speech costs one credit per character of input text. Other operations are charged per second of audio processed. Credits reset monthly and unused credits roll over for up to two months. See [pricing](https://elevenlabs.io/pricing/api) for a full breakdown.
## Choose your path
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:::card{title="ElevenCreative" href="/guides/changelog-eleven-creative-overview"}
Learn how to use the ElevenCreative platform with step-by-step guides
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:::card{title="ElevenAgents" href="/guides/changelog-eleven-agents-overview"}
Learn how to build, launch, and scale agents with ElevenLabs
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:::card{title="ElevenAPI" href="/guides/changelog-eleven-api-quickstart"}
Learn how to integrate with the ElevenLabs API with examples and tutorials
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## Meet the models
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:::card{title="Eleven v4" href="/guides/overview-models#eleven-v4"}
Our most emotive, high quality speech synthesis model
Exceptional voice cloning capabilities
90+ languages supported
10,000 character limit
Support for natural multi-speaker dialogue
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:::card{title="Eleven v4 Turbo" href="/guides/overview-models#eleven-v4-turbo"}
Our most emotive, real-time speech synthesis model
Ultra-low latency (median inference latency of \~100ms†)
Exceptional voice cloning capabilities
90+ languages supported
Audio tags for fine-grained control
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:::card{title="Eleven v3" href="/guides/overview-models#eleven-v3"}
Our emotionally rich, expressive speech synthesis model
Dramatic delivery and performance
70+ languages supported
5,000 character limit
Support for natural multi-speaker dialogue
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:::card{title="Eleven v3 Conversational" href="/guides/overview-models#eleven-v3-conversational"}
Our expressive, realtime speech synthesis model
Low latency (\~280ms)
Dramatic delivery and performance
70+ languages supported
Audio tags for fine-grained control
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:::card{title="Eleven Multilingual v2" href="/guides/overview-models#multilingual-v2"}
Lifelike, consistent quality speech synthesis model
Natural-sounding output
29 languages supported
10,000 character limit
Most stable on long-form generations
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:::card{title="Eleven Flash v2.5" href="/guides/overview-models#flash-v25"}
Our fast, affordable speech synthesis model
Ultra-low latency (\~75ms†)
32 languages supported
40,000 character limit
Faster model, 50% lower price per character for API generations
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:::card{title="Scribe v2" href="/guides/overview-models#scribe-v2"}
State-of-the-art speech recognition model
Accurate transcription in 90+ languages
Keyterm prompting, up to 1000 terms
Entity detection, 65 entity types
Transcript editing with natural-language instructions
Precise word-level timestamps
Speaker diarization, up to 32 speakers
Dynamic audio tagging
Smart language detection
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:::card{title="Scribe v2 Realtime" href="/guides/overview-models#scribe-v2-realtime"}
Real-time speech recognition model
Accurate transcription in 90+ languages
Real-time transcription
Low latency (\~150ms†)
Precise word-level timestamps
Entity detection, 65 entity types
Transcript editing with natural-language instructions
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:::card{title="Scribe v2 Medical" href="/guides/overview-models#scribe-v2-medical"}
Speech recognition fine-tuned for clinical audio
35% fewer transcription errors on clinical audio than Scribe v2
Same accuracy on everyday speech as Scribe v2
Same features, languages, pricing, and API as Scribe v2
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[Explore all](/guides/overview-models)
† Excluding application & network latency
## Browse by capability
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:::card{title="Text to Speech" href="/guides/overview-capabilities-text-to-speech"}
Convert text into lifelike speech
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:::card{title="Speech to Text" href="/guides/overview-capabilities-speech-to-text"}
Transcribe spoken audio into text
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:::card{title="Music" href="/guides/overview-capabilities-music"}
Generate music from text
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:::card{title="Text to Dialogue" href="/guides/overview-capabilities-text-to-dialogue"}
Create natural-sounding dialogue from text
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:::card{title="Image & Video" href="/guides/overview-capabilities-image-video"}
Generate images and videos from text
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:::card{title="Voice changer" href="/guides/overview-capabilities-voice-changer"}
Modify and transform voices
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:::card{title="Voice isolator" href="/guides/overview-capabilities-voice-isolator"}
Isolate voices from background noise
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:::card{title="Dubbing" href="/guides/overview-capabilities-dubbing"}
Dub audio and videos seamlessly
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:::card{title="Sound effects" href="/guides/overview-capabilities-sound-effects"}
Create cinematic sound effects
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:::card{title="Voices" href="/guides/overview-capabilities-voices"}
Clone and design custom voices
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:::card{title="Voice Remixing" href="/guides/overview-capabilities-voice-remixing"}
Transform and enhance existing voices
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:::card{title="Forced Alignment" href="/guides/overview-capabilities-forced-alignment"}
Align text to audio
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:::card{title="Speech Engine" href="/guides/overview-capabilities-speech-engine"}
Add voice to anything
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:::card{title="ElevenAgents" href="/guides/changelog-eleven-agents-overview"}
Deploy intelligent voice agents
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:::card{title="Private deployments" href="/guides/overview-capabilities-private-deployment"}
Run ElevenLabs in your own cloud
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## Related pages
- [Administration](./administration-index.md)
- [API reference](./api-reference-index.md)
- [Changelog](./changelog-index.md)
- [ElevenAgents](./elevenagents-index.md)
- [ElevenAPI](./elevenapi-index.md)
- [ElevenCreative](./elevencreative-index.md)
- [ElevenLabs Documentation Docs](../index.md)
- [General Troubleshooting FAQ](./troubleshooting-index.md)
- [General Website FAQ](./website-index.md)
- [Help Center](./help-center-2-index.md)
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