ElevenLabs TTS v3
ElevenLabs' most expressive TTS model — human-like delivery with emotion, dialogue, and non-verbal cues across 70+ languages.
Overview
What is ElevenLabs TTS v3
ElevenLabs TTS v3 is ElevenLabs' flagship text-to-speech model, released in general availability on February 2, 2026. It delivers the most expressive and human-like speech to date, supporting audio tags for emotions, delivery styles, and non-verbal reactions across 70+ languages, with natural multi-speaker dialogue capabilities.
Running it privately on Venice
On Venice, you run ElevenLabs TTS v3 with full privacy: your prompts are anonymized and never stored. This means your audio scripts, character directions, and sensitive content remain private and uncensored. You get the same expressive power as the public API, but with zero retention and no profiling.
Assessment
Strengths and limitations
- Most expressive commercial TTS model: supports emotional nuance and natural delivery via audio tags like [sad], [whispers], [laughs].
- Natural multi-speaker dialogue generation ideal for audiobooks, games, and film dubbing.
- Supports over 70 languages with high-quality, emotionally rich output.
- High accuracy in handling numbers, symbols, and specialized notation across languages after Feb 2026 improvements.
- Higher latency: not suitable for real-time or conversational use cases; not optimized for sub-200ms streaming.
- More variable consistency compared to v2 models, especially in long-form generation.
- Proprietary and closed: no open weights, so no self-hosting or fine-tuning options.
- 5,000 character limit per generation, lower than some competing models.
Samples
Sample outputs
Generated on Venice with our standard prompt suite — the same prompts we run through every model of this type, so you can judge it like-for-like.
“An uplifting cinematic orchestral build with soaring strings, warm brass, and a hopeful resolution.”
“A mellow lo-fi hip-hop beat with a soft jazzy piano loop, vinyl crackle, and a relaxed late-night mood.”
Specifications
Datasheet
- Maker
- ElevenLabs
- Released
- February 2, 2026
- Modality
- Text-to-speech
- Languages
- 70+
- Audio tags
- Yes — emotions, delivery, non-verbal
- Dialogue mode
- Yes
- Open weights
- No — proprietary
- Privacy on Venice
- Anonymized — prompts not stored
- Available on Venice since
- Feb 2026
- License
- Proprietary
API
Call it from your code
Venice exposes this model through the REST API. Queue a generation with the model id.
curl https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/audio/queue \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $VENICE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "elevenlabs-tts-v3",
"prompt": "An uplifting cinematic orchestral build with soaring strings"
}'
# Use the returned queue_id with https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/audio/retrieve.
# Call /audio/complete after downloading if needed.Pricing
What it costs on Venice
Billed per character on Venice: $0.12 per 1,000 characters.
New Venice accounts include a free daily allowance and 500 welcome credits — no credit card required.
Alternatives
How it compares
| Model | Max characters | Strongest at | Open weights | Price (Venice) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ElevenLabs TTS v3 | 5,000 | Expressive emotion & dialogue | No | $0.12 / 1K chars |
| ElevenLabs Multilingual v2 | 10,000 | Stable long-form output | No | $0.12 / 1K chars |
| ElevenLabs Music | — | Original music generation | No | from $0.69 / track |
| MiniMax Music 2.5 | — | Affordable music tracks | No | $0.18 / track |
The most expressive TTS model with audio tags and multi-speaker dialogue.
Use cases
What it is good for
- 01Audiobook narration with emotional direction and character distinction.
- 02Film and game voiceovers using audio tags for delivery control.
- 03Multilingual content creation requiring natural intonation and emotion.
- 04Podcast intros and scripted segments with expressive narration.
- 05Dubbing workflows with multi-speaker dialogue support.
Prompting
Getting better results
Use audio tags like [whispers], [angry], or [sighs] inline to control delivery and emotion.
For dialogue, use speaker labels and tags together: "[Character A] [excited] Hello!" to create natural back-and-forth.
Keep prompts under 5,000 characters — split longer scripts into segments.
Use clear punctuation and spacing around tags to avoid misreads.
Version history
Predecessor — more stable, fewer languages.
Current flagship — most expressive, 70+ languages.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
ElevenLabs TTS v3 is the company's most advanced text-to-speech model, released in general availability on February 2, 2026. It offers the highest emotional range and natural delivery, supporting audio tags, multi-speaker dialogue, and over 70 languages.
On Venice, it costs $0.12 per 1,000 characters. You're billed only for what you generate, with no subscription required.
No. ElevenLabs TTS v3 is a proprietary model — not free and not open source. It cannot be self-hosted or fine-tuned.
Yes. You can use tags like [whispers], [angry], or [laughs] directly in the text to control emotion, delivery, and non-verbal sounds.
Yes. It supports natural-sounding dialogue with multiple speakers, making it ideal for audiobooks, games, and film dubbing.
Yes. ElevenLabs TTS v3 has been available on Venice since February 2026, with anonymized privacy — your prompts are not stored or used for training.
It supports over 70 languages, including English, Spanish, French, Mandarin, Hindi, Arabic, and many others, with emotionally rich output across all.
TTS v3 is more expressive and better for emotional delivery and dialogue, while Multilingual v2 is more stable for long-form content and has a higher character limit.
No. Due to higher latency and variable consistency, it's not suitable for real-time or conversational use. For low-latency needs, Flash v2.5 is recommended.
Run ElevenLabs TTS v3 privately
No prompt logging. No data used for training.