PatternsSDK API

Generate Speech (ElevenLabs)

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Problems solved

Technical challenges this implementation handles out of the box.
  • Generate spoken audio from text with ElevenLabs
  • Play or download synthesized speech in a minimal demo UI
  • Wire ElevenLabs speech generation through the AI SDK

Use cases

Products and workflows this pattern is designed to support.
  • ElevenLabs text-to-speech playgrounds
  • Voiceover drafts from written copy
  • Accessibility read-aloud prototypes
  • AI SDK ElevenLabs speech onboarding demos

Setup

Requirements, wiring steps, and what this pattern adds to your project.

Getting started

Pick how you want to pull this pattern in — then wire env vars and routes the same way.

  1. 1

    Install from the preview toolbar

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    Copy the install command above and run it in your project — Pro patterns include a short-lived token.

  2. 2

    Add environment variables to .env.local

    ELEVENLABS_API_KEY

  3. 3

    Customize the agent and tool files

    Adapt prompts, tools, and stop conditions for your product — Copy for AI in the toolbar helps seed that work.

  4. 4

    Run your dev server and open the pattern route

    Install dependencies if needed, then start the app and verify responses.

Environment variables

Capabilities

AI SDK APIs

experimental_generateSpeech

Providers

ElevenLabs

Files added

3 files
  • app/page.tsx
  • app/layout.tsx
  • README.md

Dependencies

16 total

npm packages

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AISDK@hookform/resolversUpstashlucide-reactmotionNext.jsReactreact-hook-formsonnerZod

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Critical files

  • lib/actions.ts

    Server action implementing text-to-speech using ElevenLabs via AI SDK experimental_generateSpeech. Contains voice ID mapping for 9 pre-made voices and audio-to-base64 conversion pipeline.

Requirements

Complexity
Beginner