# ElevenLabs

Give your Bolna voice agents lifelike speech with ElevenLabs. Clone a custom voice or pick from a large library of expressive, natural sounding options.

## How ElevenLabs fits in the stack

**Best for**  
Natural delivery, tone, and response speed on live calls.

**Use this layer when**  
You care about voice quality, expressiveness, or low-latency playback.

**Connects to**  
LLM output upstream and the phone network downstream.

## Text-to-speech is the speaking layer

This provider turns the agent’s response into audio the caller hears. It affects brand perception, caller comfort, and how quickly the next utterance can begin.

### Voice Stack

Telephony → STT → LLM → TTS → Tools

This page focuses on where ElevenLabs fits in a production voice stack. For full setup steps, credentials, and API details, use the documentation link above.

# Overview

ElevenLabs is the leading provider of ultra-realistic, AI-generated voices. With ElevenLabs' text-to-speech (TTS) integration, your Bolna voice agents can speak with natural, emotive voices that are nearly indistinguishable from human speech.

Whether you need a professional business tone, a friendly customer service tone, or a custom voice clone that matches your brand, ElevenLabs delivers the highest quality voice synthesis available today.

## Features & Use Cases

**Fast & High-Quality (Multilingual Turbo v2)**  
A super-fast model built for real-time chats. It keeps delays low while sounding amazing in over 30 languages.

**Huge Voice Library**  
Choose from thousands of ready-to-use voices of all ages, accents, and styles to perfectly match your brand's vibe.

**Clone Your Own Voice**  
Create a perfect copy of any voice using just a few minutes of audio. Great for keeping your brand voice consistent.

**Real Human Emotions**  
These voices don't sound like robots. They can naturally express real feelings - from excitement and empathy to serious professionalism.

**Design a Brand New Voice**  
Just describe what you want (like "young, British, energetic"), and the AI will create a completely unique voice for you.

**Smooth Real-Time Conversations**  
Audio streams instantly, so your voice agents can have natural, flowing conversations without any awkward, robotic pauses.

**Total Control**  
Easily tweak exactly how words are said - adjusting the speed, adding emphasis, or inserting perfect pauses.

## Other providers in this layer

- [Synthesizer **Cartesia**](/content/integrations/cartesia/index.html)  
Add Cartesia text-to-speech to Bolna voice agents for ultra-fast, natural sounding voice output.

- [Synthesizer **Rime**](/content/integrations/rime/index.html)  
Use Rime neural speech synthesis with Bolna voice agents for expressive, natural sounding voices.

- [Synthesizer **Sarvam AI (TTS)**](/content/integrations/sarvam-tts/index.html)  
Full Indian language AI stack for Bolna voice agents.

## See where ElevenLabs fits in your production workflow

Use the demo to walk through provider selection, stack tradeoffs, and the exact workflow you want Bolna to automate.