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ElevenLabs

  • Plugin id: elevenlabs
  • Category: Cloud text-to-speech + transcription
  • Runs: calls the ElevenLabs cloud API — needs internet and an ElevenLabs account

What it does

Adds ElevenLabs as a provider of both realistic text-to-speech voices and speech-to-text transcription. Unlike the local TTS/transcription plugins, nothing runs on this machine — every request goes out to ElevenLabs' servers and is billed on their account.

Enabling the plugin does not by itself add any voice or transcription model — it only makes "ElevenLabs" available as a provider type. Models are added separately in the Models hub (see below), same as any other cloud LLM/TTS/transcription provider in this app.

Requirements

  • An ElevenLabs account and an API key (from the ElevenLabs dashboard).

Enabling & configuring (admin)

  1. Plugins page → ElevenLabs → enable. (This plugin has no config form of its own.)
  2. Go to the Models hub → LLM Providers, add a new provider, choose type ElevenLabs, paste the API key (stored as a secret field, not shown again after saving).
  3. Go to the Models hub → Transcription and/or TTS, add a model, pick the ElevenLabs provider just created, and choose a voice/model from the list — fetched live from ElevenLabs, so it always reflects what's actually available on that account.

Notes

  • Usage is billed by ElevenLabs per character (TTS) / per minute (transcription) according to the account's plan.
  • Several ElevenLabs voice models understand inline markup for expressiveness: <break time="0.5s" /> for pauses, <phoneme alphabet="ipa" ph="...">word</phoneme> for pronunciation, (laughs)/(sighs)/(coughs) for non-verbal sounds, and ALL CAPS or repeated letters for emphasis. Worth mentioning to a user who wants more expressive speech.
  • One provider entry can supply both a TTS model and a transcription model — they don't need to be added twice.