ElevenLabs

OpenClaw uses ElevenLabs for text-to-speech, batch speech-to-text with Scribe v2, and streaming STT with Scribe v2 Realtime.

Authentication

Set ELEVENLABS_API_KEY in the environment. XI_API_KEY is also accepted for compatibility with existing ElevenLabs tooling.

export ELEVENLABS_API_KEY="..."

Text-to-speech

{
  messages: {
    tts: {
      providers: {
        elevenlabs: {
          apiKey: "${ELEVENLABS_API_KEY}",
          voiceId: "pMsXgVXv3BLzUgSXRplE",
          modelId: "eleven_multilingual_v2",
        },
      },
    },
  },
}

Set modelId to eleven_v3 to use ElevenLabs v3 TTS. OpenClaw keeps eleven_multilingual_v2 as the default for existing installs.

Speech-to-text

Use Scribe v2 for inbound audio attachments and short recorded voice segments:

{
  tools: {
    media: {
      audio: {
        enabled: true,
        models: [{ provider: "elevenlabs", model: "scribe_v2" }],
      },
    },
  },
}

OpenClaw sends multipart audio to ElevenLabs /v1/speech-to-text with model_id: "scribe_v2". Language hints map to language_code when present.

Streaming STT

The bundled elevenlabs plugin registers Scribe v2 Realtime for Voice Call and Google Meet agent-mode streaming transcription.

{
  plugins: {
    entries: {
      "voice-call": {
        config: {
          streaming: {
            enabled: true,
            provider: "elevenlabs",
            providers: {
              elevenlabs: {
                apiKey: "${ELEVENLABS_API_KEY}",
                audioFormat: "ulaw_8000",
                commitStrategy: "vad",
                languageCode: "en",
              },
            },
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
}

For Google Meet agent mode, set plugins.entries.google-meet.config.realtime.transcriptionProvider to "elevenlabs" and configure the same provider block under plugins.entries.google-meet.config.realtime.providers.elevenlabs.

Related

• Text-to-speech
• Google Meet
• Model selection