# ElevenLabs Provider

:::callout{intent="note"}
**How-to guide** · Assumes you have completed the [Speech to Text quickstart](/guides/elevenapi-guides-cookbooks-speech-to-text) and have a Vercel project set up.
:::

The [ElevenLabs provider](https://ai-sdk.dev/providers/ai-sdk-providers/elevenlabs) provides support for the [ElevenLabs transcription API](https://elevenlabs.io/speech-to-text).

## Setup

The ElevenLabs provider is available in the `@ai-sdk/elevenlabs` module. You can install it with npm:

```
npm install @ai-sdk/elevenlabs
```

## Provider Instance

You can import the default provider instance `elevenlabs` from `@ai-sdk/elevenlabs`:

```typescript
import { elevenlabs } from "@ai-sdk/elevenlabs";
```

If you need a customized setup, you can import `createElevenLabs` from `@ai-sdk/elevenlabs` and create a provider instance with your settings:

```typescript
import { createElevenLabs } from "@ai-sdk/elevenlabs";

const elevenlabs = createElevenLabs({
  // custom settings, e.g.
  fetch: customFetch,
});
```

You can use the following optional settings to customize the ElevenLabs provider instance:

- **apiKey** _string_

  API key that is being sent using the `Authorization` header. It defaults to the `ELEVENLABS_API_KEY` environment variable.

- **headers** _Record\<string,string>_

  Custom headers to include in the requests.

- **fetch** _(input: RequestInfo, init?: RequestInit) => Promise\<Response>_

  Custom [fetch](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/fetch) implementation. Defaults to the global `fetch` function. You can use it as a middleware to intercept requests, or to provide a custom fetch implementation for e.g. testing.

## Transcription Models

You can create models that call the [ElevenLabs transcription API](https://elevenlabs.io/speech-to-text) using the `.transcription()` factory method.

The first argument is the model id e.g. `scribe_v2`.

```typescript
const model = elevenlabs.transcription("scribe_v2");
```

You can also pass additional provider-specific options using the `providerOptions` argument. For example, supplying the input language in ISO-639-1 (e.g. `en`) format can sometimes improve transcription performance if known beforehand.

```typescript
import { elevenlabs } from "@ai-sdk/elevenlabs";
import { experimental_transcribe as transcribe } from "ai";

const result = await transcribe({
  model: elevenlabs.transcription("scribe_v2"),
  audio: new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4]),
  providerOptions: { elevenlabs: { languageCode: "en" } },
});
```

The following provider options are available:

- **languageCode** _string_

  An ISO-639-1 or ISO-639-3 language code corresponding to the language of the audio file. Can sometimes improve transcription performance if known beforehand. Defaults to `null`, in which case the language is predicted automatically.

- **tagAudioEvents** _boolean_

  Whether to tag audio events like (laughter), (footsteps), etc. in the transcription. Defaults to `true`.

- **numSpeakers** _integer_

  The maximum amount of speakers talking in the uploaded file. Can help with predicting who speaks when. The maximum amount of speakers that can be predicted is 32. Defaults to `null`, in which case the amount of speakers is set to the maximum value the model supports.

- **timestampsGranularity** _enum_

  The granularity of the timestamps in the transcription. Defaults to `'word'`. Allowed values: `'none'`, `'word'`, `'character'`.

- **diarize** _boolean_

  Whether to annotate which speaker is currently talking in the uploaded file. Defaults to `true`.

- **fileFormat** _enum_

  The format of input audio. Defaults to `'other'`. Allowed values: `'pcm_s16le_16'`, `'other'`. For `'pcm_s16le_16'`, the input audio must be 16-bit PCM at a 16kHz sample rate, single channel (mono), and little-endian byte order. Latency will be lower than with passing an encoded waveform.

## Next steps

::::card-grid
:::card{title="Server-side streaming" href="/guides/elevenapi-guides-how-to-speech-to-text-realtime-server-side-streaming"}
Transcribe audio in real time using the WebSocket-based streaming API.
:::

:::card{title="API reference" href="https://elevenlabs.io/docs/api-reference/speech-to-text"}
Full Speech to Text API reference and parameters.
:::
::::

## 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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