ElevenLabs Scribe
ElevenLabs' speech-to-text API as a counterpart to its TTS, multilingual, word-timestamped.
ElevenLabs' speech-to-text API as a counterpart to its TTS, multilingual, word-timestamped.
Best for elevenLabs customers wanting STT alongside their existing TTS and voice-cloning workflows. Pricing: from $0.40/hr (see ElevenLabs pricing page).
What it is
ElevenLabs Scribe is ElevenLabs' speech-to-text product, complementing the company's better-known TTS and voice-cloning models. Scribe v1 supports word-level timestamps, speaker diarization and broad multilingual coverage (99 languages on the public pricing page). It is positioned for media/podcast workflows, dubbing pipelines (paired with ElevenLabs Dubbing), and accessibility captioning. Pricing is per-hour with credit packs as on the ElevenLabs pricing page. Best fit: elevenlabs customers wanting stt alongside their existing tts and voice-cloning workflows. Caveats: streaming and lower-latency variants vary; verify current limits on elevenlabs docs. Pricing as listed: from $0.40/hr (see ElevenLabs pricing page). Feature flags from vendor docs: speaker diarization, word-level timestamps. Directory tags: commercial-api. Last vendor-page check: 2026-05-12.
Watch out for: Streaming and lower-latency variants vary; verify current limits on ElevenLabs docs.
Install / use
Features
| Speaker diarization | Yes |
| Word-level timestamps | Yes |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | 99 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
ElevenLabs Scribe vs Whipscribe
| Feature | ElevenLabs Scribe | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Transcription APIs | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | from $0.40/hr (see ElevenLabs pricing page) | free beta |
| Speaker diarization | Yes | Yes |
| Word timestamps | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | — | No |
| Languages | 99 | 99 |
| Platforms | API | Web, API, MCP |
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