ElevenLabs Speech-to-Text

High-accuracy transcription with Scribe models via inference.sh CLI.

Quick Start

Requires inference.sh CLI (infsh ). Install instructions

infsh login

Transcribe audio

infsh app run elevenlabs/stt --input '{"audio": "https://audio.mp3"}'

Available Models

Model ID Best For

Scribe v2 scribe_v2

Latest, highest accuracy (default)

Scribe v1 scribe_v1

Stable, proven

• 98%+ transcription accuracy

• 90+ languages with auto-detection

Examples

Basic Transcription

infsh app run elevenlabs/stt --input '{"audio": "https://meeting-recording.mp3"}'

With Speaker Identification

infsh app run elevenlabs/stt --input '{ "audio": "https://meeting.mp3", "diarize": true }'

Audio Event Tagging

Detect laughter, applause, music, and other non-speech events:

infsh app run elevenlabs/stt --input '{ "audio": "https://podcast.mp3", "tag_audio_events": true }'

Specify Language

infsh app run elevenlabs/stt --input '{ "audio": "https://spanish-audio.mp3", "language_code": "spa" }'

Full Options

infsh app run elevenlabs/stt --input '{ "audio": "https://conference.mp3", "model": "scribe_v2", "diarize": true, "tag_audio_events": true, "language_code": "eng" }'

Forced Alignment

Get precise word-level and character-level timestamps by aligning known text to audio. Useful for subtitles, lip-sync, and karaoke.

infsh app run elevenlabs/forced-alignment --input '{ "audio": "https://narration.mp3", "text": "This is the exact text spoken in the audio file." }'

Output Format

{ "words": [ {"text": "This", "start": 0.0, "end": 0.3}, {"text": "is", "start": 0.35, "end": 0.5}, {"text": "the", "start": 0.55, "end": 0.65} ], "text": "This is the exact text spoken in the audio file." }

Forced Alignment Use Cases

• Subtitles: Precise timing for video captions

• Lip-sync: Align audio to animated characters

• Karaoke: Word-by-word timing for lyrics

• Accessibility: Synchronized transcripts

Workflow: Video Subtitles

1. Transcribe video audio

infsh app run elevenlabs/stt --input '{ "audio": "https://video.mp4", "diarize": true }' > transcript.json

2. Use transcript for captions

infsh app run infsh/caption-videos --input '{ "video_url": "https://video.mp4", "captions": "<transcript-from-step-1>" }'

Supported Languages

90+ languages including: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Russian, Turkish, Dutch, Swedish, and many more. Leave language_code empty for automatic detection.

Use Cases

• Meetings: Transcribe recordings with speaker identification

• Podcasts: Generate transcripts with audio event tags

• Subtitles: Create timed captions for videos

• Research: Interview transcription with diarization

• Accessibility: Make audio content searchable and accessible

• Lip-sync: Forced alignment for animation timing

Related Skills

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npx skills add inference-sh/skills@elevenlabs-tts

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npx skills add inference-sh/skills@elevenlabs-dubbing

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npx skills add inference-sh/skills@speech-to-text

Full platform skill (all 150+ apps)

npx skills add inference-sh/skills@infsh-cli

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