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Scribe v2 Realtime

Real-time speech-to-text over WebSocket with manual or voice-activity-based commits, optional word timestamps, and language detection. Supports PCM and mu-law audio and is billed per second of streamed audio. Your use is subject to ElevenLabs's Terms & Privacy Policies.

Price
$0.39, Per hour of audio
import { experimental_streamTranscribe as streamTranscribe } from 'ai';
import { createGateway, gateway } from '@ai-sdk/gateway';
import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
const modelId = 'elevenlabs/scribe-v2-realtime';
// Mint this on your server, then send only the short-lived token to the client.
const { token } = await gateway.experimental_transcription.getToken({
model: modelId,
});
const clientGateway = createGateway({ apiKey: token });
// Raw 24 kHz, 16-bit signed little-endian mono PCM audio.
const bytes = await readFile('audio.pcm');
const audio = new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
start(controller) {
controller.enqueue(new Uint8Array(bytes));
controller.close();
},
});
const result = streamTranscribe({
model: clientGateway.transcription(modelId),
audio,
inputAudioFormat: { type: 'audio/pcm', rate: 24000 },
});
for await (const part of result.fullStream) {
if (part.type === 'transcript-delta') {
process.stdout.write(part.delta);
}
}
console.log('\nFinal:', await result.text);
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Try out Scribe v2 Realtime by ElevenLabs. Usage is billed to your team at API rates. Free users (those who haven't made a payment) get $5 of credits every 30 days.

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Live transcription

Speak into your microphone and watch the transcript appear in real time.

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Start the session and begin speaking to see the transcript.

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Promotional pricing ends on November 9, 2026.
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