ElevenLabs is an AI voice platform (with a free tier) offering cutting-edge AI speech synthesis technology to easily create realistic and expressive AI voices. It supports multiple languages, voice cloning, and real-time voice generation. They claim to be the best in the AI voice field. Whether that's true or not, there's a free tier, so you can try it out.

Registration and Login

First, open your browser and visit the ElevenLabs website.

https://elevenlabs.io/

On the homepage, click the LOG IN or GO TO APP button in the upper right corner to go to the registration page.

If you already have an account or a Google/GitHub account, you can click to log in above. If not, click Sign up below.

Obtaining the API Key

After registering and logging in, open this address to create an API KEY: https://elevenlabs.io/app/settings/api-keys

An automatically generated API key (sk) will be displayed. Please copy and save it; it will only be displayed once.

Using it in Video Translation Software

Open your video translation software, go to Menu--TTS Settings--Elevenlabs.io--enter the API key you copied in the previous step, then click "Test". If it displays "OK", save the settings.

After saving, return to the main software interface, select Elevenlabs.io in the dubbing channel, and choose the desired voice in the roles section.

Note: Free accounts have frequency limits. To avoid exceeding the frequency limit and causing errors, please adjust the concurrency and pause time after each dubbing, as shown below.

Selecting a Voice

Elevenlabs has thousands of voices; about ten are available for free by default. You can also create your own voices.

https://elevenlabs.io/app/voice-lab

On this page, you can select the voice you want and click +Add to add it to your voice list. Note that free accounts can only add a maximum of 3 voices. After adding, update the roles in your video translation software's TTS settings.

Creating a New Custom Voice

If you don't find the voice you want, you can create a new custom voice.

As shown above, clicking will bring up a customization box. Enter your voice requirements in the top box and the text to be read in the bottom box.

Cloning Voice

Selecting "clone" in the voice roles means using the original voice from the video. However, this function requires a paid Elevenlabs.io membership; otherwise, it will cause errors.

To use this feature, you can upgrade your account here: https://elevenlabs.io/app/subscription

You can also try this feature (upload video) on their website; it's free, but the generated result will have a watermark.

Address: https://elevenlabs.io/app/dubbing

Updating the Voice List in Video Translation Software

After adding or removing voices in Elevenlabs.io, you need to update the voice list in your video translation software.

1. Open Menu--TTS Settings--Elevenlabs.io, click "Test" and update voices. Wait, if no errors occur, save.
2. Go to the main software interface. If the current dubbing channel is not Elevenlabs.io, switch to Elevenlabs.io. If it already is, switch to another channel, then switch back.