ElevenLabs: What It Is, How It Works and How to Use It on Your Phone

If you're looking for realistic AI voices, you've almost certainly heard of ElevenLabs. The company has become one of the leading names in AI voice, and its voices are used in videos, audiobooks, ads and dubbing around the world.

In this guide, you'll learn what ElevenLabs is, what you can do with it and how to use the same voices on your phone for much less.

What is ElevenLabs?

ElevenLabs is an AI research and product company focused on audio. It became famous for its voice models, which generate speech with emotion, breathing and intonation very close to a real person's.

Today the platform goes beyond narration: it also creates music, sound effects, images and video in 70+ languages, and 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

Models are the “engines” that generate the speech. The main ones for narration are:

• Eleven v3: the most expressive, with a wide emotional range and 70+ languages. Great for audiobooks, characters and dialogue.
• Eleven Multilingual v2: natural, stable speech in 29 languages, suited to long-form narration and professional content.
• Eleven Flash v2.5: the fastest, with ultra-low latency, 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.

It depends on how you use it. ElevenLabs is a full platform, with an editing studio, a developer API and business tools. If you produce entire audiobooks, professional dubbing or build voice into a product, it makes sense.

If you want to narrate TikTok, YouTube and Reels videos, send voice messages on WhatsApp or turn text into MP3s on your phone, the subscription adds up, and the monthly credits run out fast when you try several voices and versions of the same text.

How to use ElevenLabs voices on your phone for much less

Narrator's Voice integrates with ElevenLabs and offers ElevenLabs voices for a much, much more affordable price than subscribing directly on the platform. Just download the app on Android, iPhone or iPad, pick a voice and generate your audio.

And you're not limited to ElevenLabs voices. In the same app you get:

• 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.

In short: the same ElevenLabs voice quality, with more features and a price that fits your budget. Download it for free and try it in your next video.

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.