ElevenLabs: What It Is, How It Works and How to Use It on Your Phone
ElevenLabs is known for realistic AI voices used in videos, audiobooks, ads and dubbing.
Here's what the platform offers and how to use ElevenLabs voices on your phone for a more affordable price.
What is ElevenLabs?
ElevenLabs is an AI research and product company focused on audio. Its voice models generate speech with emotion, breathing and intonation similar to a person's.
The platform also creates music, sound effects, images and video in 70+ languages. It offers tools for content creators, developers and businesses.
What you can do with ElevenLabs
- Text to speech: turns any text into narration with realistic, expressive voices.
- Voice Library: thousands of voices with different accents, ages and styles, so you can pick the right one for each project.
- Voice cloning: creates a digital version of a voice from audio samples.
- Dubbing: translates videos into other languages while preserving the speaker's voice characteristics.
- Sound effects and music: generates effects and soundtracks from a text description.
- Transcription: turns audio into text in 90+ languages.
ElevenLabs voice models
These are the main models for generating narration:
- Eleven v3: has a wide emotional range and supports 70+ languages. It can be used for audiobooks, characters and dialogue.
- Eleven Multilingual v2: generates natural, stable speech in 29 languages for long-form narration and professional content.
- Eleven Flash v2.5: has low latency and is used in real-time assistants and voice agents in 32 languages.
All three speak English, Spanish and Portuguese, among many other languages, and the library includes voices with different regional accents.
Is ElevenLabs worth it?
ElevenLabs is a paid, subscription-based service. There's a free plan for testing, but it has few credits and doesn't include a commercial license.
The platform includes an editing studio, a developer API and business tools. It may suit people producing audiobooks, professional dubbing or voice features for a product.
For narrating TikTok, YouTube and Reels videos, sending WhatsApp voice messages or turning text into MP3s on your phone, the subscription may be less suitable. Trying several voices and versions of the same text also uses credits.
How to use ElevenLabs voices on your phone for much less
Narrator's Voice integrates ElevenLabs voices into its app at a much more affordable price than subscribing directly on the platform. Download it on Android, iPhone or iPad, choose a voice and generate your audio.
The app also includes:
- 10,000+ voices in 70+ languages, many with unlimited use.
- Pauses, sound effects and background music in the same narration.
- Voice cloning from a short audio clip.
- MP3 audio, or share it straight to WhatsApp and social media.
- Commercial use allowed, including monetized YouTube and TikTok videos.
Download the app for free and try a voice in your next video.
Bought a Premium subscription but don't see it in the app? Follow this guide to restore it: How to Restore a Purchase in the Narrator's Voice App
To get the most out of the voices, see also:
- How to Convert Text to Speech (MP3) with a Realistic AI Voice
- How to Write a Voiceover Script That Sounds Natural
Frequently asked questions
Is ElevenLabs free?
ElevenLabs is a paid service. There's a free plan just for testing, with few credits and no commercial license; to use the audio in monetized videos or ads, you need a subscription.
What languages does ElevenLabs support?
Its most advanced model, Eleven v3, supports 70+ languages, including English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Can I use ElevenLabs voices in monetized videos?
On ElevenLabs, commercial use requires a paid subscription. On Narrator's Voice, commercial use is allowed, including monetized YouTube and TikTok videos.
How can I use ElevenLabs voices on my phone?
With Narrator's Voice, which offers ElevenLabs voices in an app for Android, iPhone and iPad, for a much more affordable price and with pauses, sound effects and background music.
ElevenLabs is a trademark of its respective owner and is mentioned here for informational purposes only.