ElevenLabs is a generative AI voice generation, dubbing, and cloning tool to help create voiceovers and audio. The tool is free to use, with a few limitations. In this guide, we will take you through all the features of ElevenLabs and how you can use them.
Key Features of ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs can help you perform a lot of your audio and video creation tasks with features such as:
- Text-to-Speech conversion
- Dubbing your YouTube videos using the links
- AI Voice Cloning
Let’s learn the “how-to” for each of these features.
How To Turn Text Into Speech With ElevenLabs?
With ElevenLabs, you can easily turn any text into speech in any language, accent, or tone, without compromising with the quality. Let’s dive into the steps on how you can turn text into speech with ElevenLabs.
Step 1: Prepare your script.
Step 2: Visit ElevenLabs and Sign Up with your Google account.
Step 3: Now, choose the “Text to Speech” option and get started.
Step 4: Choose the AI voice that you want for your speech synthesis.
There are many available AI voices in the drop down with their name, sample voice, tone and type. (We have picked Antoni in our case)
In the “Voice Settings” option, you can choose the stability, clarity, and style exaggeration of your chosen AI voice.
Step 5: Once you have selected the voice, paste your script and click on “Generate”.
There you have your AI-generated speech.
How to Dub Video into Different Languages using ElevenLabs?
ElevenLab’s other product in speech synthesis is “Dubbing”. You can translate any video in 29 languages, dub audio, or do AI voiceover — all up to you. Here’s how you can dub videos on ElevanLab:
Step 1: Visit ElevenLabs’s “Dubbing”.
Step 2: Choose the video that you want to dub and copy its link.
Step 3: Click on the “Create new dub” button.
Step 4: A pop-up box will appear as you see below. Here, you have to select the project name, language, and target language, and add the source of the video.
Click 5: Click on the “Create” button.
You will get your dubbed audio in a few minutes.
How To Use ElevenLabs For Voice Cloning?
Lastly, you can use ElevenLabs for voice cloning as well. There are two voice cloning models: “Instant Voice Cloning” and “Professional Voice Cloning”.
Instant Voice Cloning: You can clone your audio with short samples. Plus, you get cloned results quickly.
Professional Voice Cloning: You get ultra-realistic voice cloning most securely. In professional cloning, at least 30 minutes of sample is required.
So, let’s get started with voice cloning on ElevenLabs.
Step 1: Visit the “Voice Cloning” page of ElevenLabs and get started.
Step 2: Choose your model of voice cloning.
Step 3: Now, add your name, the language used in the sample, and the sample. Then, provide labels such as accent etc.
Step 4: Verify that the audio you added is yours and meets ElevenLabs’s quality standards.
Step 5: Get instant results with instant voice cloning or you will get your results with the professional cloning in about 4 weeks.
And that’s all!
Pricing
ElevenLabs is free to try out. However there is a limit on your creations and so, it has the Starter and Creator pricing option as well. In the Starter pack, you get 80% off in the first month and in the Creator pack, you get 50% off for the first month.
Conclusion
ElevenLabs is one of the AI voice cloning tools in the pool of others on the Internet. However, each tool is different and preferred for its unique qualities. Another such tool that we explored was PlayHT. Check it out here!
