dmccreary/claude-skills/text-to-speech

from elevenlabs import ElevenLabs
client = ElevenLabs()
audio = client.text_to_speech.convert(
    text="Hello, welcome to ElevenLabs!",
    voice_id="JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb",  # George
    model_id="eleven_multilingual_v2"
)
with open("output.mp3", "wb") as f:
    for chunk in audio:
        f.write(chunk)

import { ElevenLabsClient } from "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js";
import { createWriteStream } from "fs";
const client = new ElevenLabsClient();
const audio = await client.textToSpeech.convert("JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb", {
  text: "Hello, welcome to ElevenLabs!",
  modelId: "eleven_multilingual_v2",
});
audio.pipe(createWriteStream("output.mp3"));

curl -X POST "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/text-to-speech/JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb" \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text": "Hello!", "model_id": "eleven_multilingual_v2"}' --output output.mp3

voices = client.voices.get_all()
for voice in voices.voices:
    print(f"{voice.voice_id}: {voice.name}")

from elevenlabs import VoiceSettings
audio = client.text_to_speech.convert(
    text="Customize my voice settings.",
    voice_id="JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb",
    voice_settings=VoiceSettings(
        stability=0.5,
        similarity_boost=0.75,
        style=0.5,
        speed=1.0,             # 0.25 to 4.0 (default 1.0)
        use_speaker_boost=True
    )
)

audio = client.text_to_speech.convert(
    text="Bonjour, comment allez-vous?",
    voice_id="JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb",
    model_id="eleven_multilingual_v2",
    language_code="fr"  # ISO 639-1 code
)

audio = client.text_to_speech.convert(
    text="Call 1-800-555-0123 on 01/15/2026",
    voice_id="JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb",
    apply_text_normalization="on"
)

# First request
audio1 = client.text_to_speech.convert(
    text="This is the first part.",
    voice_id="JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb",
    next_text="And this continues the story."
)
# Second request using previous context
audio2 = client.text_to_speech.convert(
    text="And this continues the story.",
    voice_id="JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb",
    previous_text="This is the first part."
)

audio_stream = client.text_to_speech.stream(
    text="This text will be streamed as audio.",
    voice_id="JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb",
    model_id="eleven_flash_v2_5"  # Ultra-low latency
)
for chunk in audio_stream:
    play_audio(chunk)

try:
    audio = client.text_to_speech.convert(
        text="Generate speech",
        voice_id="invalid-voice-id"
    )
except Exception as e:
    print(f"API error: {e}")

response = client.text_to_speech.convert.with_raw_response(
    text="Hello!", voice_id="JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb", model_id="eleven_multilingual_v2"
)
audio = response.parse()
print(f"Characters used: {response.headers.get('x-character-count')}")