Connected to Claude via MCP to generate background music and sound effects and to transcribe videos. Transcription failed once, requiring a skill update with a fallback.
ElevenLabs
by ElevenLabs
AI audio platform and API for text-to-speech, speech-to-text, music, sound effects, voice cloning and voice agents.
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ElevenLabs at a glance
- What is ElevenLabs?
- ElevenLabs is an api from ElevenLabs. AI audio platform and API for text-to-speech, speech-to-text, music, sound effects, voice cloning and voice agents.
- Who makes ElevenLabs?
- ElevenLabs is made by ElevenLabs.
- Does ElevenLabs work in the EU?
- Available in the EU. ElevenLabs publishes separate Terms of Service for users in the EEA, Switzerland and UK, indicating the service is offered there; Enterprise plans include custom DPA terms. The company also lists European customers such as Deutsche Telekom and KPN. Last verified 14 Nov 2026.
- How much does ElevenLabs cost?
- Freemium. Free tier with 10k credits/month; Starter $6/mo (30k credits), Creator $22/mo (121k), Pro (600k); Scale (1.8M) and Business (6M) for teams; custom Enterprise. Intro offer: 30,000 credits for $1. Prices exclude taxes. Licence: Proprietary.
- Where was ElevenLabs shown?
- In 2 creator videos by Matt Wolfe. Most recently by Matt Wolfe on 4 Nov 2026, at 4:56 in “How I Get Claude To Edit My Videos (Step-By-Step)”.
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ElevenLabs is an AI audio company offering two platforms built on its own research models: ElevenCreative for generating speech, music, sound effects, images and video, and ElevenAgents for configuring, deploying and monitoring conversational voice and chat agents. Its library lists 17,500+ voices in 90+ languages, with voice cloning and prompt-based voice design.
The API covers Text to Speech (Eleven Flash for low latency, Eleven Multilingual for consistency, Eleven v3 and v4 for expressive speech), Speech to Text (Scribe, with speaker diarization and timestamps), and a Music API (Eleven Music, with Music v2 released in May 2026). Other products include dubbing (Dubbing v2) and an editor for podcasts, audiobooks and voiceovers. Official SDKs include a JavaScript client. Creators have used it via MCP with Claude for background music, sound effects and transcription with word-level timestamps; one reported a transcription failure that needed a fallback.
Access is through the web app, mobile app and API on a credit-based subscription model, with a free tier and paid plans for individuals and businesses. Commercial rights, including music commercial use, depend on the subscription tier. The models are proprietary and hosted by ElevenLabs.
- Text-to-speech with Eleven v3/v4, Multilingual and Flash (75ms latency) models
- Speech-to-text with Scribe v3, diarization and timestamps
- Music and sound-effect generation from text prompts
- Voice cloning, voice design and a 17,500+ voice library
- ElevenAgents for conversational voice/chat agents across phone, chat, email and WhatsApp
- Dubbing and localization in 90+ languages
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Used for fast, cheap transcription with word-level timestamps so motion graphics sync exactly to spoken words. Local Whisper is mentioned as a free but slower alternative.
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