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layout: integration
title: Text to speech with ElevenLabs
description: Transform text into natural, human-like speech
date: 2025-11-12
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    description: 'ElevenLabs is an advanced AI voice technology platform that generates natural, human-like speech from text using cutting-edge voice synthesis and cloning technology.'
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ElevenLabs provides developers with powerful tools to integrate realistic, human-like voice capabilities into their applications through APIs and SDKs.

ElevenLabs’ Text to Speech API converts written text into spoken audio with very natural sounding voices, capturing realistic intonation, pacing, emotion and context awareness.

# How does the integration work?

You can utilize a pre-built Appwrite Site template with text-to-speech capabilities implemented using ElevenLabs. This allows you to convert any piece of text to a human-like voice and download the generated audio.

# How to implement

To implement the ElevenLabs text-to-speech integration, there are several steps you must complete:

## Step 1: Sign up for ElevenLabs

First, you must [sign up for an ElevenLabs account](https://elevenlabs.io/app/sign-up). Once your account is set up, navigate to the [Developers](https://elevenlabs.io/app/developers) page from the sidebar, click on the **API Keys** tab, and generate an **API key** with the **Text to Speech** endpoint access enabled. Save this API key for further usage.

![Create API key](/images/integrations/ai-elevenlabs-text-to-speech/api-key.avif)

## Step 2: Create the Appwrite Site

For this step, you must [create an account on Appwrite Cloud](https://cloud.appwrite.io/register) or [self-host Appwrite](/docs/advanced/self-hosting) if you haven’t already. If you decide to self-host Appwrite, there are [additional setup steps](/docs/advanced/self-hosting/configuration/sites) to use Appwrite Sites templates.

Head over to the Appwrite console, navigate to the **Sites** page, click on **Create site** and select the **Clone a template** option, and search for the **Text-to-speech with ElevenLabs** site template.

![Site template](/images/integrations/ai-elevenlabs-text-to-speech/template.avif)

During the setup process, add the **ElevenLabs API key** in the **Variables** section.

![Environment variables](/images/integrations/ai-elevenlabs-text-to-speech/variable.avif)

## Step 3: Test the site

Once all the steps are complete, it is time to test the site! You can enter any text you like (or use the pre-filled example), update the additional configuration options, and generate an audio file.

# Read more about ElevenLabs and Appwrite Sites

If you would like to learn more about ElevenLabs and Appwrite Sites, we have some resources that you should visit:

- [Sign up for ElevenLabs](https://elevenlabs.io/app/sign-up)
- [ElevenLabs text to speech docs](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/capabilities/text-to-speech)
- [Appwrite Sites docs](/docs/products/sites)
- [Build with Appwrite Sites templates](/docs/products/sites/templates)
- [Appwrite Sites API reference](/docs/references/cloud/server-nodejs/sites)