Recently, ElevenLabs introduced an exciting new feature — Voice Design, allowing users to create completely unique voices through simple text prompts.
How effective is ElevenLabs' Voice Design feature? You can first experience the examples released by the official:
Previously, although there were some text-to-speech options available, most sounded relatively mechanical. However, ElevenLabs' technology allows you to design a completely new voice in just a few seconds. For example, when creating a voice for a game character like "Dungeons & Dragons," you can quickly generate a suitable voice based on the character's background and traits with ElevenLabs, which would be an incredibly cool experience!
This new tool not only helps enrich game stories for players but also gives independent developers greater flexibility when creating games.
ElevenLabs' demonstrated features indicate that the more detailed the prompts, the closer the generated voice will be to your needs, such as describing age, accent, gender, tone, and pitch, or trying fictional characters like ogres, elves, and aliens.
If you want a "slightly husky, deep British male voice, both professional and relaxed, with a hint of authority," just describe it simply, and the system can quickly generate a voice that meets these traits.
Voice prompt: "A quietly terrifying witch"
Voice prompt: "A giant snowman with a deep voice"
The Voice Design feature is undoubtedly a significant boon for creators who need specific character voices. By combining this voice design feature with AI video generation tools, creators like film students can build characters, set scenes, and create dialogues within the same project, achieving greater creative freedom. The official states that the Voice Design API will be launched within a week.
Here is the official Voice Design prompt guide
Voice Design Types
| Type | Description | Example Prompt |
|---|---|---|
| Realistic Voice Design | Create original, realistic voices by specifying age, accent/nationality, gender, tone, pitch, intonation, speed, and emotion. | - "A young Indian woman with a soft, high-pitched voice. Speaks slowly and calmly."
- "An elderly British man with a husky, deep voice. Professional, relaxed, and confident." - "A middle-aged Australian woman with a warm, low voice. Speaks quickly and cheerfully at work." |
| Character Voice Design | Generate unique voices for creative characters using simpler prompts. | - "A giant evil ogre, troll"
- "A lively little squeaky mouse" - "An angry old pirate, shouting" Other successfully created characters include goblins, vampires, elves, trolls, werewolves, ghosts, aliens, giants, witches, wizards, zombies, demons, devils, pirates, elves, ogres, orcs, knights, samurais, banshees, snowmen, druids, robots, elves, monkeys, monsters, Dracula" |
Voice Attributes
| Attribute | Importance | Options |
|---|---|---|
| Age | Highly Important | Young, Teen, Adult, Middle-aged, Elderly, etc... |
| Accent/Nationality | Highly Important | British, Indian, Polish, American, etc... |
| Gender | Highly Important | Male, Female, Neutral |
| Tone | Not Necessary | Hoarse, Soft, Warm, Harsh, etc... |
| Pitch | Not Necessary | Deep, Low, High, Squeaky, etc... |
| Intonation | Not Necessary | Conversational, Professional, Corporate, Urban, Fashionable, etc... |
| Speed | Not Necessary | Fast, Quick, Slow, Relaxed, etc... |
| Emotion/Delivery | Not Necessary | Angry, Calm, Fearful, Happy, Confident, Whispering, Shouting, etc... |
Official website: https://elevenlabs.io/voice-design
Key Points:
✨ ElevenLabs' Voice Design engine, which allows users to generate unique voices through text prompts, is now live!
🎮 The new tool provides more flexibility in voice design for role-playing games and independent developers.
📽️ Combined with AI video generation, creators can easily build characters and scenes within the same project.