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ElevenLabsText to Speech/v1/media/queue

Eleven v4 API

Eleven v4 text to speech — ElevenLabs' most expressive model, 90+ languages, billed on input length.

ElevenLabs' most expressive text-to-speech model. Inline audio tags direct emotion and delivery, across 90+ languages and up to 10,000 characters per request.

No credit card required. Takes 30 seconds.

Eleven v4 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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Developers

1.2M+

API calls served

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Endpoints

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Playground coming soon — use the API endpoint directly with your API key.

Eleven v4 specs

ProviderElevenLabs
Model IDelevenlabs/eleven-v4
Endpoint/v1/media/queue
TypeText to Speech
Output formatsmp3
Voices21 presets (default sarah)

How to get an Eleven v4 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 v4

    Send a request to /v1/media/queue with the x-api-key header and model "elevenlabs/eleven-v4".

  4. 4

    Pay as you go

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

Strengths

✓
Most expressive ElevenLabs model

Eleven v4 is ElevenLabs' most expressive model, for reads that need real emotional range.

✓
Inline audio tags

Tags written into the text control emotion and delivery mid-passage.

✓
90+ languages

One model covers more than 90 languages without switching providers.

✓
10,000-character requests

Long passages fit in a single request.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls with Eleven v4.

// 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-v4",
    "prompt": "I wasn't going to say anything. [sighs] But you deserve to hear it from me first — we did it. We actually did it.",
    "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 v4 vs similar models

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

ModelProviderPrice
Eleven v4ElevenLabs$0.1688/1K chars
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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 v4 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 v4 API — ElevenLabs' most expressive speech model

Eleven v4 is ElevenLabs' most expressive text-to-speech model. Inline audio tags give emotional and delivery control, it supports more than 90 languages, and a single request can carry up to 10,000 characters.

Through YepAPI you submit text to `/v1/media/queue`, poll the job, and download the audio — one key, billed on input length at $0.1688 per 1,000 characters.

Start generating in 30 seconds

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

What developers say

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“The $5 free credit let us prototype our entire rank tracking feature before committing. No other API does that.”

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Indie Hacker

Frequently asked questions

ElevenLabs' most expressive text-to-speech model. Inline audio tags direct emotion and delivery, across 90+ languages and up to 10,000 characters per request.

Eleven v4 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 v4 and every other model — no separate ElevenLabs account or waitlist.

New YepAPI accounts in most countries get free signup credit, enough to test Eleven v4 without a card. After that you pay per request at the rates above — there is no subscription.

Use "elevenlabs/eleven-v4" as the model on /v1/media/queue. The short alias "elevenlabs" also works.

Ready to use Eleven v4?

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

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