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ElevenLabs tips and voice settings cheat sheet
ElevenLabs turns text into realistic speech and can clone or design a voice from a prompt. A handful of settings control how expressive or consistent the result sounds. This cheat sheet shows starting values and the tricks that keep audio clean.
Last verified: 2026-07-06. Free tiers and features change, so check the official site.
At a glance
- Free tier
- About 10,000 characters per month, verify current pricing.
- What it does
- Realistic text-to-speech, voice cloning, and voice design from a text prompt.
- Control
- Multiple output settings control expressiveness and consistency.
Voice settings
Stability Low is expressive and variable, high is consistent and monotone.
Example: narration 75-85%
Similarity How close the output stays to the original voice sample.
Example: medium-high
Style exaggeration Amplifies the speaker style and can overcook the delivery.
Example: keep modest
Speaker boost A clarity boost that adds slight latency.
Example: on for clarity
Voice Design prompt Describe age, accent, tone, and pacing in plain text.
Example: middle-aged British male, warm, measured pace, podcast host
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Tips
Dial in narration
For narration, set stability higher, about 75 to 85 percent, with similarity medium-high for a steady, even read.
Loosen up for acting
For a character or emotional dialogue, drop stability lower, about 30 to 50 percent, so the delivery can vary and feel alive.
Clone from clean audio
To clone a voice, use 1 to 3 minutes of clean audio with no background noise, music, or reverb. Garbage in, garbage out.
Write a full Voice Design prompt
A good Voice Design prompt names the age, accent, tone, and pacing. The more of those you specify, the more predictable the result.
Regenerate in chunks
Split long text at paragraph breaks and regenerate only the sections that sound off, instead of redoing the whole script.
Punctuation sets the pace
Punctuation matters: a comma versus a period changes the pause and pacing. Edit punctuation before you blame the voice.
Batch on the free tier
On the free tier of about 10k characters a month, preview with a short sample first, then batch the full script once it sounds right.
Do not max everything
Pushing every slider high backfires. Similarity at 100 percent with low stability can warble and distort.
Workflow ladder
Pick a premade voice and use the default settings to hear a clean baseline.
Use Voice Design to build a voice from a text prompt describing age, accent, tone, and pacing.
Work from a cloned voice and tune stability per use case, one setting for narration and another for dialogue.
Frequently asked questions
- Why does my ElevenLabs voice sound robotic?
- Stability is likely too high. High stability makes the read consistent but monotone. Lower it toward the middle and add a little style for more life.
- How much audio do I need to clone a voice?
- About 1 to 3 minutes of clean, single-speaker audio with no background noise works well. More is not always better if the quality drops.
- How do I control pacing and pauses?
- Use punctuation. Commas create short pauses, periods create longer ones, and line breaks help the model reset. Edit the text before adjusting sliders.
This is reference content. The prompts and settings run in your own AI tool, not on glunty, so reading this page makes zero requests to those services. Details change often, so verify current pricing and limits on the official site.
Official reference: ElevenLabs docs. Details change, so verify version-specific features there.
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