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POST
/
v1
/
voice-generation
/
generate-voice
Python
from elevenlabs import ElevenLabs

client = ElevenLabs(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
)
client.voice_generation.generate(
    gender="female",
    accent="american",
    age="middle_aged",
    accent_strength=2.0,
    text="It sure does, Jackie… My mama always said: “In Carolina, the air's so thick you can wear it!”",
)
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This API is deprecated. Please use the new Text to Voice API.

Headers

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xi-api-key
string

Your API key. This is required by most endpoints to access our API programatically. You can view your xi-api-key using the 'Profile' tab on the website.

Body

application/json
​
gender
enum<string>
required

Category code corresponding to the gender of the generated voice. Possible values: female, male.

Available options:
female,
male
​
accent
string
required

Category code corresponding to the accent of the generated voice. Possible values: british, american, african, australian, indian.

​
age
enum<string>
required

Category code corresponding to the age of the generated voice. Possible values: young, middle_aged, old.

Available options:
young,
middle_aged,
old
​
accent_strength
number
required

The strength of the accent of the generated voice. Has to be between 0.3 and 2.0.

​
text
string
required

Text to generate, text length has to be between 100 and 1000.

Required string length: 100 - 1000
Examples:

"Every act of kindness, no matter how small, carries value and can make a difference, as no gesture of goodwill is ever wasted."

Response

Successful Response

The response is of type file.