React SDK

npm install @elevenlabs/react
# or
yarn add @elevenlabs/react
# or
pnpm install @elevenlabs/react

import { useScribe } from "@elevenlabs/react";
import { useEffect } from "react";

function MyComponent() {
  const scribe = useScribe({
    modelId: "scribe_v2_realtime",
    onPartialTranscript: (data) => {
      console.log("Partial:", data.text);
    },
    onCommittedTranscript: (data) => {
      console.log("Committed:", data.text);
    },
  });

  // Start recording
  const handleStart = async () => {
    try {
      const token = await fetchTokenFromServer();
      await scribe.connect({
        token,
        microphone: {
          echoCancellation: true,
          noiseSuppression: true,
        },
      });
    } catch (err) {
      console.error("Failed to start recording:", err);
    }
  };

  // Stop recording
  const handleDisconnect = () => {
    scribe.disconnect();
  };

  // Disconnect on unmount
  useEffect(() => {
    return () => {
      if (scribe.isConnected) {
        scribe.disconnect();
      }
    };
  }, [scribe]);

  return (
    <div>
      <button onClick={handleStart} disabled={scribe.isConnected}>
        Start Recording
      </button>
      <button onClick={handleDisconnect} disabled={!scribe.isConnected}>
        Stop
      </button>

      {scribe.partialTranscript && <p>Live: {scribe.partialTranscript}</p>}

      <div>
        {scribe.committedTranscripts.map((t) => (
          <p key={t.id}>{t.text}</p>
        ))}
      </div>
    </div>
  );
}

// Node.js server
app.get("/scribe-token", yourAuthMiddleware, async (req, res) => {
  const response = await fetch("https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/single-use-token/realtime_scribe", {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      "xi-api-key": process.env.ELEVENLABS_API_KEY,
    },
  });

  const data = await response.json();
  res.json({ token: data.token });
});

// Client
const fetchToken = async () => {
  const response = await fetch("/scribe-token");
  const { token } = await response.json();
  return token;
};

const scribe = useScribe({
  // Connection options (can be overridden in connect())
  token: "optional-default-token",
  modelId: "scribe_v2_realtime",
  baseUri: "wss://api.elevenlabs.io",

  // VAD options
  commitStrategy: CommitStrategy.VAD,
  vadSilenceThresholdSecs: 0.5,
  vadThreshold: 0.5,
  minSpeechDurationMs: 100,
  minSilenceDurationMs: 500,
  languageCode: "en",

  // Microphone options (for automatic mode)
  microphone: {
    deviceId: "optional-device-id",
    echoCancellation: true,
    noiseSuppression: true,
    autoGainControl: true,
  },

  // Manual audio options (for file transcription)
  audioFormat: AudioFormat.PCM_16000,
  sampleRate: 16000,

  // Auto-connect on mount
  autoConnect: false,

  // Event callbacks
  onSessionStarted: () => console.log("Session started"),
  onPartialTranscript: (data) => console.log("Partial:", data.text),
  onCommittedTranscript: (data) => console.log("Committed:", data.text),
  onCommittedTranscriptWithTimestamps: (data) => console.log("With timestamps:", data),
  onError: (error) => console.error("Error:", error),
  onAuthError: (data) => console.error("Auth error:", data.error),
  onQuotaExceededError: (data) => console.error("Quota exceeded:", data.error),
  onConnect: () => console.log("Connected"),
  onDisconnect: () => console.log("Disconnected"),
});

function MicrophoneTranscription() {
  const scribe = useScribe({
    modelId: "scribe_v2_realtime",
  });

  const startRecording = async () => {
    const token = await fetchToken();
    await scribe.connect({
      token,
      microphone: {
        echoCancellation: true,
        noiseSuppression: true,
        autoGainControl: true,
      },
    });
  };

  return (
    <div>
      <button onClick={startRecording} disabled={scribe.isConnected}>
        {scribe.status === "connecting" ? "Connecting..." : "Start"}
      </button>
      <button onClick={scribe.disconnect} disabled={!scribe.isConnected}>
        Stop
      </button>

      {scribe.partialTranscript && (
        <div>
          <strong>Speaking:</strong> {scribe.partialTranscript}
        </div>
      )}

      {scribe.committedTranscripts.map((transcript) => (
        <div key={transcript.id}>{transcript.text}</div>
      ))}
    </div>
  );
}

import { useScribe, AudioFormat } from "@elevenlabs/react";
import { useState } from "react";

function FileTranscription() {
  const [file, setFile] = useState<File | null>(null);
  const scribe = useScribe({
    modelId: "scribe_v2_realtime",
    audioFormat: AudioFormat.PCM_16000,
    sampleRate: 16000,
  });

  const transcribeFile = async () => {
    if (!file) return;

    const token = await fetchToken();
    await scribe.connect({ token });

    // Decode audio file
    const arrayBuffer = await file.arrayBuffer();
    const audioContext = new AudioContext({ sampleRate: 16000 });
    const audioBuffer = await audioContext.decodeAudioData(arrayBuffer);

    // Convert to PCM16
    const channelData = audioBuffer.getChannelData(0);
    const pcmData = new Int16Array(channelData.length);

    for (let i = 0; i < channelData.length; i++) {
      const sample = Math.max(-1, Math.min(1, channelData[i]));
      pcmData[i] = sample < 0 ? sample * 32768 : sample * 32767;
    }

    // Send in chunks
    const chunkSize = 4096;
    for (let offset = 0; offset < pcmData.length; offset += chunkSize) {
      const chunk = pcmData.slice(offset, offset + chunkSize);
      const bytes = new Uint8Array(chunk.buffer);
      const base64 = btoa(String.fromCharCode(...bytes));

      scribe.sendAudio(base64);
      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
    }

    // Commit transcription
    scribe.commit();
  };

  return (
    <div>
      <input type="file" accept="audio/*" onChange={(e) => setFile(e.target.files?.[0] || null)} />
      <button onClick={transcribeFile} disabled={!file || scribe.isConnected}>
        Transcribe
      </button>

      {scribe.committedTranscripts.map((transcript) => (
        <div key={transcript.id}>{transcript.text}</div>
      ))}
    </div>
  );
}

const scribe = useScribe(/* options */);

console.log(scribe.status); // "connected"
console.log(scribe.isConnected); // true
console.log(scribe.partialTranscript); // "hello world"
console.log(scribe.committedTranscripts); // [{ id: "...", text: "...", words: ..., isFinal: true }]
console.log(scribe.error); // null or error string

interface TranscriptSegment {
  id: string; // Unique identifier
  text: string; // Transcript text
  timestamp: number; // Unix timestamp
  isFinal: boolean; // Always true for committed transcripts
}

await scribe.connect({
  token: "your-token", // Required
  microphone: {
    /* ... */
  }, // For microphone mode
  // OR
  audioFormat: AudioFormat.PCM_16000, // For manual mode
  sampleRate: 16000,
});

scribe.disconnect();

scribe.sendAudio(base64AudioChunk, {
  commit: false, // Optional: commit immediately
  sampleRate: 16000, // Optional: override sample rate
  previousText: "Previous transcription text", // Optional: context from a previous transcription. Can only be sent in the first audio chunk.
});

scribe.commit();

scribe.clearTranscripts();

const connection = scribe.getConnection();
// Returns RealtimeConnection | null

import { CommitStrategy } from '@elevenlabs/react';

// Manual (default) - you control when to commit
const scribe = useScribe({
  commitStrategy: CommitStrategy.MANUAL,
});

// Later...
scribe.commit(); // Commit transcription

// Voice Activity Detection - model detects silences and automatically commits
const scribe = useScribe({
  commitStrategy: CommitStrategy.VAD,
});

import { useScribe, CommitStrategy } from "@elevenlabs/react";
import { useEffect } from "react";

function ScribeDemo() {
  const scribe = useScribe({
    modelId: "scribe_v2_realtime",
    commitStrategy: CommitStrategy.VAD,
    onSessionStarted: () => console.log("Started"),
    onCommittedTranscript: (data) => console.log("Committed:", data.text),
    onError: (error) => console.error("Error:", error),
  });

  const startMicrophone = async () => {
    const token = await fetchToken();
    await scribe.connect({
      token,
      microphone: {
        echoCancellation: true,
        noiseSuppression: true,
      },
    });
  };

  const handleDisconnect = () => scribe.disconnect();

  const handleClearTranscripts = () => scribe.clearTranscripts();

  useEffect(() => {
    return () => {
      handleDisconnect();
    };
  }, []);

  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Scribe Demo</h1>

      {/* Status */}
      <div>
        Status: {scribe.status}
        {scribe.error && <span>Error: {scribe.error}</span>}
      </div>

      {/* Controls */}
      <div>
        {!scribe.isConnected ? (
          <button onClick={startMicrophone}>Start Recording</button>
        ) : (
          <button onClick={handleDisconnect}>Stop</button>
        )}
        <button onClick={handleClearTranscripts}>Clear</button>
      </div>

      {/* Live Transcript */}
      {scribe.partialTranscript && (
        <div>
          <strong>Live:</strong> {scribe.partialTranscript}
        </div>
      )}

      {/* Committed Transcripts */}
      <div>
        <h2>Transcripts ({scribe.committedTranscripts.length})</h2>
        {scribe.committedTranscripts.map((t) => (
          <div key={t.id}>
            <span>{new Date(t.timestamp).toLocaleTimeString()}</span>
            <p>{t.text}</p>
          </div>
        ))}
      </div>
    </div>
  );
}