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This article focuses on the integration of ElevenLabs' text-to-speech and speech-to-text models into the OpenRouter API, enabling developers to add high-fidelity audio capabilities directly to their existing language model applications. The piece details specific model variants optimized for different use cases, such as emotive narration with v4, low-latency agent dialogue with v4 Turbo, and real-time transcription with Scribe v2.
ElevenLabs is now on OpenRouter

ElevenLabs is now on OpenRouter with 9 Text to Speech and 2 Speech to Text models. Deliver speech with human-like emotion with Eleven v4, give your agent low-latency replies with v4 Turbo, and turn meetings into notes that show who said what with Scribe v2. Here's which model to pick, and one project built start to finish.
ElevenLabs is now on OpenRouter with nine Text to Speech models and two Speech to Text models. If your app already talks to a language model through OpenRouter, it can now speak and listen too. Narrate long-form content with direction over tone and delivery with Eleven v4, give your agent faster spoken replies with v4 Turbo, or transcribe conversations with speaker labels with Scribe v2. You don’t need a separate ElevenLabs plan. Just call POST /api/v1/audio/speech and POST /api/v1/audio/transcriptions with your OpenRouter API key. Narration, characters, product videos: Eleven v4. Audio tags let the script carry the performance. Voice agents and live replies: Eleven v4 Turbo, ElevenLabs built it for real-time use, at half the v4…
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