Elevenlabs Eleven V3 API Documentation
Playground
Try it on WaveSpeedAI!ElevenLabs eleven-v3 is a text-to-speech model available as a hosted endpoint. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.
Features
Eleven V3 converts written text into natural, expressive speech using ElevenLabs’ advanced deep-learning speech synthesis technology. It delivers clear pronunciation, smooth pacing, and lifelike emotion — ideal for voiceovers, narrations, podcasts, and digital content.
🎧 Key Features
- High Naturalness — produces human-like intonation, timing, and articulation.
- Multi-Language Support — generate voices in multiple global languages with automatic accent adaptation.
- Customizable Delivery — adjust stability for more consistent or expressive speech.
- Wide Voice Library — choose from a rich set of built-in voices (see voice list here).
💰 Pricing
Billed by the exact character count of the input text, prorated — no rounding up to 1,000.
- Rate: $0.20 per 1,000 characters ($200 per 1M characters)
- No minimum charge; a 100-character request costs $0.020
| Characters | Cost |
|---|---|
| 100 | $0.020 |
| 500 | $0.10 |
| 1,000 | $0.20 |
| 5,000 | $1.00 |
🚀 How to Use
- Enter your text in the
textfield (up to 5,000 characters). - Select a voice from the
voice_iddropdown (e.g., Alicia, Darian, Eldrin). - Adjust optional parameters:
- stability: 0–1 (higher = consistent delivery)
- Click Run to generate and preview your audio.
📝 Notes
- Audio output is returned in MP3 format.
- Works best for English, but supports multiple languages.
- Each request accepts 1–5,000 characters. Split longer text into separate requests.
- Use
[pause],[short pause], or[long pause]for expressive pauses; these tags do not specify an exact duration. - Ensure text avoids ambiguous punctuation for optimal rhythm and tone.
- If the model returns an error message like incorrect voice ID, please modify the code according to the table mentioned earlier voice list here.
Authentication
For authentication details, please refer to the Authentication Guide.
API Endpoints
Submit Task & Query Result
set -euo pipefail
export WAVESPEED_API_KEY="your-api-key"
REQUEST_BODY=$(cat <<'JSON'
{
"text": "A clear example input",
"voice_id": "Alicia",
"stability": 0.5
}
JSON
)
# 1. Submit the prediction once. Never retry this request automatically:
# a retry after an unclear failure can create a second, billed task.
CHECK='The task may already exist. Check History or the predictions list before submitting again.'
if ! SUBMIT_RESPONSE=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body \
--connect-timeout 10 --max-time 60 \
-X POST "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/elevenlabs/eleven-v3" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d "${REQUEST_BODY}"); then
printf 'Submit failed. %s\n' "${CHECK}" >&2
exit 1
fi
TASK=$(printf '%s' "${SUBMIT_RESPONSE}" | jq 'if type == "object" and has("data") then .data else . end')
PREDICTION_ID=$(printf '%s' "${TASK}" | jq -r '.id // empty')
if [ -z "${PREDICTION_ID}" ]; then
printf 'Submission response did not contain a prediction id. %s\n' "${CHECK}" >&2
exit 1
fi
RESULT_URL="https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/${PREDICTION_ID}/result"
# 2. Poll until the prediction reaches a final status.
BODY_FILE=$(mktemp)
trap 'rm -f "${BODY_FILE}"' EXIT
while true; do
# Transient errors (429, 5xx) are retried, honoring Retry-After.
HTTP_CODE=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body \
--connect-timeout 10 --max-time 60 --retry 5 --retry-delay 2 \
--output "${BODY_FILE}" --write-out '%{http_code}' \
"${RESULT_URL}" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}" || true)
case "${HTTP_CODE}" in
2??) ;;
000|429|5??) # dropped connection or temporary error: keep polling
printf 'Task %s: HTTP %s, polling again in 10s\n' "${PREDICTION_ID}" "${HTTP_CODE}" >&2
sleep 10; continue ;;
*) printf 'Task %s: HTTP %s\n' "${PREDICTION_ID}" "${HTTP_CODE}" >&2
cat "${BODY_FILE}" >&2; exit 1 ;;
esac
RESULT=$(jq 'if type == "object" and has("data") then .data else . end' "${BODY_FILE}")
STATUS=$(printf '%s' "${RESULT}" | jq -r '.status // empty')
case "${STATUS}" in
completed) printf '%s\n' "${RESULT}" | jq '.outputs'; break ;;
failed|cancelled|timeout|deleted)
printf 'Task %s ended with status %s\n' "${PREDICTION_ID}" "${STATUS}" >&2
printf '%s\n' "${RESULT}" | jq . >&2; exit 1 ;;
*) sleep 2 ;;
esac
doneRetry temporary errors only while polling, never the submit request. Errors, retries and timeouts
Parameters
Task Submission Parameters
Request Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| text | string | Yes | - | 1 ~ 5000 characters | Text to convert to speech. Maximum 5,000 characters. Use [pause], [short pause], or [long pause] for expressive pauses. |
| voice_id | string | Yes | Alicia | - | The voice to use for speech generation. Choose a preset voice name, or enter any ElevenLabs voice ID. |
| stability | number | No | 0.5 | 0 ~ 1 | Voice stability (0-1) Default value: 0.5 |
Response Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| code | integer | HTTP status code (e.g., 200 for success) |
| message | string | Status message (e.g., “success”) |
| data.id | string | Unique identifier for the prediction, Task Id |
| data.model | string | Model ID used for the prediction |
| data.outputs | array | Output values, usually URL strings; some models return text strings or structured result objects (empty when status is not completed) |
| data.urls | object | Object containing related API endpoints |
| data.status | string | Task status. completed is successful; failed, cancelled, timeout, and deleted are failure terminal statuses. |
| data.created_at | string | ISO timestamp of when the request was created (e.g., “2023-04-01T12:34:56.789Z”) |
| data.error | string | Error message (empty if no error occurred) |
| data.timings | object | Object containing timing details |
| data.timings.inference | integer | Inference time in milliseconds |
Result Request Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | Yes | - | Task ID |
Result Response Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| code | integer | HTTP status code (e.g., 200 for success) |
| message | string | Status message (e.g., “success”) |
| data | object | The prediction data object containing all details |
| data.id | string | Unique identifier for the prediction |
| data.model | string | Model ID used for the prediction |
| data.outputs | array<string | object> | Array of generated outputs (empty when status is not completed). Items are usually URL strings, but may be text strings or structured result objects, depending on the model. |
| data.urls | object | Object containing related API endpoints |
| data.status | string | Status: completed is successful; failed, cancelled, timeout, and deleted are failure terminal statuses |
| data.created_at | string | ISO timestamp of when the request was created |
| data.error | string | Error message (empty if no error occurred) |
| data.timings | object | Object containing timing details |
| data.timings.inference | integer | Inference time in milliseconds |