# Using custom voice from elevenlabs **URL:** \ **Category:** Voice, Speech & Language\ **Tags:** question, language-and-speech\ **Created:** [January 2, 2024, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/using-custom-voice-from-elevenlabs/926 "2024-01-02T08:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![K3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.convai.com/k3/32/2611_2.png) [@K3](https://forum.convai.com/u/K3)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/using-custom-voice-from-elevenlabs/926/1 "2024-01-02T08:14:00Z")
**Original Discord Post by mikekknd | 2024-01-02 08:14:00** Hi, is there a way to use custom voice using the elevenlabs API keys? ---
**Author:** ![K3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.convai.com/k3/32/2611_2.png) [@K3](https://forum.convai.com/u/K3)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 8:19am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/using-custom-voice-from-elevenlabs/926/2 "2024-01-02T08:19:03Z")
**Reply by k3kalinix | 2024-01-02 08:19:03** Hello \<@394843861370798080\> ---
**Author:** ![K3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.convai.com/k3/32/2611_2.png) [@K3](https://forum.convai.com/u/K3)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/using-custom-voice-from-elevenlabs/926/3 "2024-01-02T13:18:59Z")
**Reply by mikekknd | 2024-01-02 13:18:59** Hi, I’m an independent developer, and I recently came across Convai on the Asset Store and did some initial testing. I mainly work on personal projects and currently don’t have any immediate commercial plans. I’m just wondering if Convai has any plans to support the elevenlabs API? ---
**Author:** ![K3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.convai.com/k3/32/2611_2.png) [@K3](https://forum.convai.com/u/K3)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/using-custom-voice-from-elevenlabs/926/4 "2024-01-02T13:20:51Z")
**Replying to mikekknd’s Message** > **Reply by mikekknd | 2024-01-02 13:18:59** > Hi, I’m an independent developer, and I recently came across Convai on the Asset Store and did some initial testing. I mainly work on personal projects and currently don’t have any immediate commercial plans. I’m just wondering if Convai has any plans to support the elevenlabs API? **Reply by k3kalinix | 2024-01-02 13:20:51** We do offer custom voices for our Partner or Enterprise customers. Voices created on other systems do not work well due to the added latency, so custom voices require that we create it on our end, and we would need at least 30 minutes of voice samples to make it realistic. We then deploy the voice just for your account. There is an additional monthly cost for hosting the voice since it requires significant compute to generate speech in real time ---
**Author:** ![K3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.convai.com/k3/32/2611_2.png) [@K3](https://forum.convai.com/u/K3)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/using-custom-voice-from-elevenlabs/926/5 "2024-01-02T13:26:03Z")
**Reply by mikekknd | 2024-01-02 13:26:03** Ok, for my testing project, I may not be able to afford a monthly subscription at the moment. I think I’ll temporarily use the built-in voices for my project. Thank you for your response. ---
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