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ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs — User Guide

Ultra-realistic TTS and voice cloning—many languages.

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Strengths
  • The naturalness of the voice is the highest in the industry, with rich emotional expression and almost indistinguishable from real people.
  • Sound Clone: ​​Clone any sound with just 1 minute of audio
  • Supports 29 languages, with consistent dubbing quality in multiple languages
  • Voice Design: Creating new sounds from text descriptions
  • The API is complete and can be integrated into various applications such as podcasts, audiobooks, and customer service systems.
Best for
  • Podcast and audiobook voiceovers (no real person recording required)
  • YouTube video narration and course dubbing
  • Product demonstration video narration
  • Multilingual content localization (generating multiple language versions of the same content)
  • Virtual assistant and customer service voice system

Basic text-to-speech

The most basic and commonly used function of ElevenLabs is to convert text into natural speech.

Scenario

Generate narration for YouTube videos

Prompt example 
In the ElevenLabs text-to-speech interface:

1. Select the voice: Rachel (English, professional female voice) or Adam (English, male voice)
2. Adjust parameters:
   - Stability: 0.5 (balances stability and expressiveness)
   - Clarity: 0.75 (sharpness)
   - Style: 0.3 (moderately stylized)
3. Enter text:
"Welcome to today's tutorial on AI tools. In this video, we'll explore
how to use ElevenLabs to create professional voiceovers in minutes."
4. Click Generate
Output / what to expect

Generate high-quality English narration audio:

  • Natural intonation and reasonable pauses

  • Moderate emotions and strong sense of professionalism

  • Downloadable MP3 format for direct use in videos

  • Generation time is about 5-10 seconds

Tips

Lower Stability is more expressive but may be unstable, higher is more stable but may be monotonous. For narration content, Stability 0.4-0.6 works best.

Scenario

Generate Chinese dubbing

Prompt example 
Select a Chinese voice (such as "Xiaoxiao" or upload a Chinese voice
clone) and enter:




"Welcome to today's tutorial. Today we will learn how to use artificial intelligence
tools


Improve work efficiency. First, let’s take a look at the most basic features.
"




Speech speed setting: 0.9 (slightly slower, suitable for tutorials)
Output / what to expect

Generate natural Mandarin Chinese dubbing:

  • Accurate pronunciation and correct intonation

  • The speaking speed is moderate and suitable for the teaching content

  • Can be used directly in course videos or product demonstrations

Tips

It is recommended to use special Chinese voices for Chinese content to avoid using English voices to generate Chinese (accent problem).

sound cloning

Just upload a clear 1-minute recording to clone any sound.

Scenario

Clone your own voice for content creation

Prompt example 
In Voice Lab → Add Voice → Instant Voice Cloning:




1. Record 1-3 minutes of clear audio (quiet environment, no background noise)


2. Upload audio files


3. Name the sound (such as "My Voice-Podcast Edition")


4. Click Add Voice




Then select this cloned voice in text-to-speech and enter any text.
Output / what to expect

Clone sound:

  • Retain the timbre and intonation characteristics of the original voice

  • Can speak any text, no need to re-record

  • Suitable for batch generation of content (podcasts, audiobooks)

  • Save a lot of recording time

Tips

The recording quality directly affects the cloning effect. Suggestions: - Use a better microphone - Record in a quiet room - Read aloud diverse content (different intonations, sentence patterns)

Multilingual dubbing

The same piece of content can be generated in multiple languages ​​with one click, keeping the sound characteristics consistent.

Scenario

Translate English video dubbing into Chinese

Prompt example 
Use the ElevenLabs Dubbing feature:




1. Upload English video files


2. Select target language: Chinese (Mandarin)


3. Choose whether to retain the original sound characteristics (Speaker Diarization)


4. Click Dub
Output / what to expect

Generate Chinese dubbing version:

  • Automatically identify speakers in videos

  • Translate and generate corresponding Chinese dubbing

  • Keep the mouth shape and time rhythm of the original video

  • Suitable for localizing English courses and product videos into Chinese

Tips

Dubbing function requires Creator package and above. The longer the video, the more points will be consumed.

Compared with similar tools

ToolStrengthBest forPricing
ElevenLabs This toolHighest voice quality, most realistic voice cloning, multi-language supportProfessional voiceovers, podcasts, audiobooks, multi-language localizationFree version (10,000 characters/month) / Starter $5/month
Murf AIThe interface is simpler, suitable for novices, and has video synchronization functionSimple video dubbing needsFree version / Basic $19/month
Azure TTSProduced by Microsoft, stable and reliable, complete API, low priceEnterprise-level large-scale speech synthesisCharged per character, approximately $4/1 million characters
iFlytek speech synthesisChinese has the best effect, and domestic access is stableChinese content dubbing, domestic usersFree version/pay as you go

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