ElevenLabs Multilingual v2
ElevenLabs' foundational multilingual text-to-speech model, delivering lifelike, emotionally rich speech synthesis across 29 languages.
Overview
What is ElevenLabs Multilingual v2
ElevenLabs Multilingual v2 is a proprietary text-to-speech model released in August 2023. It generates lifelike, emotionally rich speech across 29 languages, designed for voiceovers, audiobooks, and long-form content. It is a closed-weights flagship model with stable output on extended generations.
Using it anonymously on Venice
On Venice, ElevenLabs Multilingual v2 runs under an anonymized privacy tier — your text prompts are not stored, profiled, or used for training. You pay per character ($0.12 per 1,000 characters) with no subscription lock-in, turning high-quality multilingual voice generation into a permissionless, pay-as-you-go utility.
Assessment
Strengths and limitations
- Lifelike, emotionally rich speech synthesis in 29 languages.
- Stable, natural-sounding output on long-form content such as audiobooks and voiceovers.
- Consistent speaker characteristics and quality across multilingual generations.
- Closed and proprietary: cannot be self-hosted, fine-tuned, or run outside ElevenLabs' infrastructure.
- Not the fastest or cheapest ElevenLabs option for high-volume streaming; Flash v2.5 offers lower latency and 50% lower per-character cost.
- Language coverage is narrower than ElevenLabs' newer TTS v3 flagship, which supports 74 languages.
- No native tool use, vision, reasoning, or web-search capabilities — it is a dedicated speech-synthesis model.
Samples
Sample outputs
Generated on Venice with our standard prompt suite — the same prompts we run through every model of this type, so you can judge it like-for-like.
“An uplifting cinematic orchestral build with soaring strings, warm brass, and a hopeful resolution.”
“A mellow lo-fi hip-hop beat with a soft jazzy piano loop, vinyl crackle, and a relaxed late-night mood.”
Specifications
Datasheet
- Maker
- ElevenLabs
- Released
- August 22, 2023
- Modality
- Text-to-speech (speech synthesis)
- Languages supported
- 29
- Open weights
- No — proprietary
- Privacy on Venice
- Anonymized — prompts not stored
- Available on Venice since
- Feb 2026
API
Call it from your code
Venice exposes this model through the REST API. Queue a generation with the model id.
curl https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/audio/queue \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $VENICE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "elevenlabs-tts-multilingual-v2",
"prompt": "An uplifting cinematic orchestral build with soaring strings"
}'
# Use the returned queue_id with https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/audio/retrieve.
# Call /audio/complete after downloading if needed.Pricing
What it costs on Venice
Billed per character on Venice: $0.12 per 1,000 characters.
New Venice accounts include a free daily allowance and 500 welcome credits — no credit card required.
Alternatives
How it compares
| Model | Languages | Strongest at | Open weights | Price (Venice) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ElevenLabs Multilingual v2 | 29 | Long-form stability & voiceovers | No | $0.12 / 1K chars |
| ElevenLabs TTS v3 | 74 | Emotionally rich dialogue | No | $0.12 / 1K chars |
The go-to for lifelike, stable narration across 29 languages.
Use cases
What it is good for
- 01Audiobooks and long-form narration where stability and consistency matter.
- 02Multilingual voiceovers for video, gaming, and advertising content.
- 03Localization of podcasts, e-learning courses, and corporate training materials.
- 04IVR prompts and customer-support audio in multiple languages.
- 05Dubbing pre-production and voice prototyping before human recording.
Prompting
Getting better results
Use standard punctuation and paragraph breaks to control pacing and natural pauses.
Preview short snippets before rendering full chapters to verify voice tone and rhythm.
Split very long scripts into logical sections to maintain consistent prosody across generations.
Spell out acronyms or provide phonetic hints for words that may be mispronounced.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
ElevenLabs Multilingual v2 is a proprietary text-to-speech model released in August 2023. It synthesizes lifelike, emotionally rich speech in 29 languages and is optimized for long-form content such as audiobooks, voiceovers, and localization workflows.
On Venice, ElevenLabs Multilingual v2 is billed at $0.12 per 1,000 characters. There is no subscription required; you simply pay for the characters you generate.
It is neither free nor open source. It is a closed-weights proprietary model owned by ElevenLabs. On Venice you access it via pay-per-use character billing with no upfront subscription.
Choose Multilingual v2 for stable, lifelike long-form narration in 29 languages. Choose TTS v3 if you need broader language coverage, more dramatic emotional range, or natural multi-speaker dialogue, though it has a shorter per-generation character limit.
No. It is a dedicated text-to-speech model with no support for tool use, vision, reasoning, or web search. It takes text input and returns audio output.
Venice runs the model under an anonymized privacy tier. Your text prompts are not stored, profiled, or used for training, and generations are not tied to any personal account history.
It supports 29 languages, including major European, Asian, and Middle Eastern languages.
It excels at audiobooks, multilingual voiceovers, podcast and video localization, e-learning narration, and any use case where consistent, lifelike speech across languages is more important than ultra-low latency.
Use ElevenLabs Multilingual v2 anonymously
Venice does not store your prompts. Chat history stays in your browser.