Elevenlabs Eleven V3 API Documentation

Elevenlabs Eleven V3 API Documentation

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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
CharactersCost
100$0.020
500$0.10
1,000$0.20
5,000$1.00

🚀 How to Use

  1. Enter your text in the text field (up to 5,000 characters).
  2. Select a voice from the voice_id dropdown (e.g., Alicia, Darian, Eldrin).
  3. Adjust optional parameters:
  • stability: 0–1 (higher = consistent delivery)
  1. 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
done

Retry temporary errors only while polling, never the submit request. Errors, retries and timeouts

Parameters

Task Submission Parameters

Request Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultRangeDescription
textstringYes-1 ~ 5000 charactersText to convert to speech. Maximum 5,000 characters. Use [pause], [short pause], or [long pause] for expressive pauses.
voice_idstringYesAlicia-The voice to use for speech generation. Choose a preset voice name, or enter any ElevenLabs voice ID.
stabilitynumberNo0.50 ~ 1Voice stability (0-1) Default value: 0.5

Response Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
codeintegerHTTP status code (e.g., 200 for success)
messagestringStatus message (e.g., “success”)
data.idstringUnique identifier for the prediction, Task Id
data.modelstringModel ID used for the prediction
data.outputsarrayOutput values, usually URL strings; some models return text strings or structured result objects (empty when status is not completed)
data.urlsobjectObject containing related API endpoints
data.statusstringTask status. completed is successful; failed, cancelled, timeout, and deleted are failure terminal statuses.
data.created_atstringISO timestamp of when the request was created (e.g., “2023-04-01T12:34:56.789Z”)
data.errorstringError message (empty if no error occurred)
data.timingsobjectObject containing timing details
data.timings.inferenceintegerInference time in milliseconds

Result Request Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
idstringYes-Task ID

Result Response Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
codeintegerHTTP status code (e.g., 200 for success)
messagestringStatus message (e.g., “success”)
dataobjectThe prediction data object containing all details
data.idstringUnique identifier for the prediction
data.modelstringModel ID used for the prediction
data.outputsarray<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.urlsobjectObject containing related API endpoints
data.statusstringStatus: completed is successful; failed, cancelled, timeout, and deleted are failure terminal statuses
data.created_atstringISO timestamp of when the request was created
data.errorstringError message (empty if no error occurred)
data.timingsobjectObject containing timing details
data.timings.inferenceintegerInference time in milliseconds
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