Content & Media Production
ElevenLabs is revolutionizing audio content production. What once required recording studios, voice actors, and weeks of production time can now be done in minutes — with quality that matches professional recordings.
Podcast Generation
From Text to Podcast in Minutes
ElevenLabs enables creation of complete podcasts without a recording studio:
Workflow:
- Write script or have an LLM generate it
- Choose voices — from Voice Library or your own clones
- Generate audio — ElevenLabs Projects for long texts
- Post-production — Add intro/outro, music, sound effects
- Publish — RSS feed, Spotify, Apple Podcasts
Multi-Speaker Podcasts
For conversational podcasts with multiple voices:
| Role | Voice | Settings |
|---|
| Host | Clear, warm voice | stability: 0.6, similarity: 0.8 |
| Guest 1 | Energetic, young | stability: 0.4, similarity: 0.7 |
| Guest 2 | Calm, experienced | stability: 0.7, similarity: 0.8 |
Cost Comparison
| Method | Cost per Episode (30 min) | Production Time |
|---|
| Professional studio | €2,000–5,000 | 1–2 weeks |
| Freelance voice actor | €500–1,500 | 3–5 days |
| ElevenLabs | €5–20 | 30 minutes |
Audiobook Production
The Market
The audiobook market is growing at 25% per year. Traditional production is expensive — a single audiobook costs €5,000–20,000. ElevenLabs makes audiobooks affordable for every publisher.
ElevenLabs Projects
For long texts (books, reports), ElevenLabs offers the Projects feature:
- Chapter-by-chapter processing: Split book into chapters
- Consistent voice: Same tone across hundreds of pages
- SSML control: Fine-tune pauses, emphasis, pronunciation
- Multi-voice: Different voices for narrator and characters
- Export: MP3, WAV, or M4B (Apple Books format)
Quality Tips
- Text cleanup: Remove footnotes, page numbers, formatting
- Pronunciation lexicon: Correctly pronounce proper names and technical terms
- Chapter pauses: 2–3 seconds of silence between chapters
- Trial run: Check first chapter completely before generating the entire book
Video Narration
Use Cases
- Explainer videos: Professional voice-over without booking voice actors
- Product videos: Consistent brand voice across all videos
- Training videos: Quick updates when content changes
- Social media: Create short videos with voice-over in minutes
Workflow for Video Narration
- Finalize script and set timing markers
- Generate voice-over with ElevenLabs API
- Import audio into video editor (Premiere, DaVinci, CapCut)
- Synchronization — align audio to visual cuts
- Export and publish
Localization with Voice Preservation
The Killer Feature: Dubbing
ElevenLabs Dubbing translates videos while preserving the original voice:
Input: Video in German with original speaker
Output: Same video in English — with the same voice
How It Works
- Transcription: Audio is transcribed and speakers identified
- Translation: Text is translated to the target language
- Voice cloning: The original voice is recreated in the new language
- Lip sync: Audio is adjusted to match mouth movements
- Mix: Background music and sounds are preserved
Supported Language Combinations
- 29 languages for voice cloning
- Automatic detection of source language
- Batch processing for multiple target languages simultaneously
ROI of Localization
| Method | Cost (10-min video, 5 languages) | Duration |
|---|
| Human voice actors | €10,000–25,000 | 4–8 weeks |
| ElevenLabs Dubbing | €50–200 | 1–2 hours |
Practical tip: Start with localization — the ROI is immediately measurable and impressive. Translating a 10-minute video into 5 languages costs less with ElevenLabs than a single voice actor session.