ElevenLabs launches v4 speech model with more expressive, consistent voices

ElevenLabs released Eleven v4, which follows cues for laughter and whispering more accurately and keeps voices consistent across long productions like audiobooks. Its Turbo variant starts speaking in 150 milliseconds for real-time voice agents. On Artificial Analysis' Voice Arena leaderboard, v4 ranks ahead of Cartesia and Google's Gemini.

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