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ElevenLabsText to Speech/v1/media/queue

Eleven v3 API

Eleven v3 text to speech — emotionally rich speech with audio tags, 70+ languages, billed on input length.

ElevenLabs' emotionally rich, highly expressive speech model with inline audio tags, 70+ languages, and up to 5,000 characters per request.

No credit card required. Takes 30 seconds.

Eleven v3 API pricing

Pay per request from your YepAPI balance — no subscription, no monthly minimum. Prices updated October 23, 2026.

BillingPrice
Rate$0.1688/1K chars
What it costsPer job
Short reply200 characters$0.034
Blog post narration10,000 characters (~1,600 words)$1.69
Audiobook chapter100,000 characters$16.88

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Eleven v3 specs

ProviderElevenLabs
Model IDelevenlabs/eleven-v3
Endpoint/v1/media/queue
TypeText to Speech
Output formatsmp3
Voices21 presets (default sarah)

How to get an Eleven v3 API key

  1. 1

    Create a free account

    Sign up at yepapi.com with Google or email. It takes about 30 seconds and needs no card.

  2. 2

    Create an API key

    Open the dashboard, go to API Keys and create a key. Copy it — it starts with yep_sk_.

  3. 3

    Call Eleven v3

    Send a request to /v1/media/queue with the x-api-key header and model "elevenlabs/eleven-v3".

  4. 4

    Pay as you go

    Usage is billed per request from your balance. Top up any amount; there is no subscription.

Strengths

✓
Emotionally rich speech

Highly expressive delivery for narration and character work.

✓
Inline audio tags

Tags written into the text steer emotion and delivery.

✓
70+ languages

Broad language coverage from one model.

✓
5,000-character requests

Each request carries up to 5,000 characters of text.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls with Eleven v3.

// Step 1: Submit job
const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/queue', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "elevenlabs/eleven-v3",
    "prompt": "[whispers] Don't look now. [pause] The man by the window has been watching us since we sat down.",
    "options": {
      "voice": "sarah"
    }
  }),
});
const { data } = await res.json();
const jobId = data.jobId;

// Step 2: Poll for result
const status = await fetch(`https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/status/${jobId}`, {
  headers: { 'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' },
});
const { data: job } = await status.json();
// job.status: "pending" | "processing" | "completed" | "failed"
// job.result: { text?, image?, audio?, video? }

Eleven v3 vs similar models

Every model below runs on the same API key — switch by changing the model ID.

ModelProviderPrice
Eleven v3ElevenLabs$0.1688/1K chars
Eleven Flash v2.5ElevenLabs$0.0844/1K chars
Eleven Flash v2ElevenLabs$0.0844/1K chars
Eleven Turbo v2.5ElevenLabs$0.0844/1K chars
Eleven Turbo v2ElevenLabs$0.0844/1K chars
Eleven v3 ConversationalElevenLabs$0.0844/1K chars
Kokoro 82Mhexgrad$0.0014/1K chars
Fish Audio Drama 3Fish Audio$0.0042/1K chars

Why use Eleven v3 through YepAPI?

✓One API key for all models — no separate accounts
✓No monthly minimums — pay per call
✓Switch models with one line of code
✓Simple REST API — works from any language
✓Unified billing across all providers
✓No rate limits for most use cases

Eleven v3 API — expressive speech with audio tags

Eleven v3 is a text-to-speech model from ElevenLabs. It produces emotionally rich, highly expressive speech with inline audio tags, supports more than 70 languages, and has a 5,000-character request limit.

On YepAPI it runs through the standard media queue, billed at $0.1688 per 1,000 characters of input.

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Frequently asked questions

ElevenLabs' emotionally rich, highly expressive speech model with inline audio tags, 70+ languages, and up to 5,000 characters per request.

Eleven v3 costs $0.1688/1K chars through YepAPI, billed per request with no monthly fee. For example, a short reply (200 characters) costs about $0.034.

Sign up at yepapi.com (Google or email, about 30 seconds), open the dashboard and create an API key. The same key works for Eleven v3 and every other model — no separate ElevenLabs account or waitlist.

New YepAPI accounts in most countries get free signup credit, enough to test Eleven v3 without a card. After that you pay per request at the rates above — there is no subscription.

Use "elevenlabs/eleven-v3" as the model on /v1/media/queue. The short alias "eleven-v3" also works.

Ready to use Eleven v3?

$5 free credit on signup. No credit card required. Pay per call.

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