ElevenLabs
The ElevenLabs text-to-speech integrationsIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] adds support for ElevenLabs
Prerequisites
- You need an ElevenLabs account to use this integration. A free account suffices for basic usage.
- For custom voices or more quota you need a subscription.
- You need your API key from the ElevenLabs website.
Configuration
To add the ElevenLabs service to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:
Manual configuration steps
If the above My button doesn’t work, you can also perform the following steps manually:
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Browse to your Home Assistant instance.
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In the bottom right corner, select the
Add Integration button. -
From the list, select ElevenLabs.
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Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.
For an overview of which languages can be used, check the complete list of supported languages
For a description of which voices are available for use, check your VoiceLab voices.
To see the available models and their benefits, check the models documentation
Action speak
The tts.speak
action is the modern way to use TTS. Add the speak
action, select the entity for your ElevenLabs TTS (it’s named ElevenLabs by default), select the media player entity or group to send the TTS audio to, and enter the message to speak.
For more options about speak
, see the Speak section on the main TTS building block page.
In YAML, your action will look like this:
action: tts.speak
target:
entity_id: tts.elevenlabs
data:
media_player_entity_id: media_player.giant_tv
message: Hello, can you hear me now?
For more information about using text-to-speech with Home Assistant and more details on all the options it provides, see the TTS documentation.
Removing the integration
This integration follows standard integration removal. No extra steps are required.
To remove an integration instance from Home Assistant
- Go to Settings > Devices & services and select the integration card.
- From the list of devices, select the integration instance you want to remove.
- Next to the entry, select the three-dot
menu. Then, select Delete.