TTS Eleven Labs

[boundupone]

I just learnt something that for me anyway is pretty incredible. I have played with TTS and you will see some of this in Rise of Pax, but just learnt you can prompt Eleven Labs in incredibly powerful ways I didn't even now about, so hope this is useful to some here too -

Key Things You Can Do with Square Brackets in ElevenLabs

Emotions and delivery styles: [happy], [sad], [excited], [angry], [whispering], [shouting], [nervous], [thoughtful], [annoyed], [surprised], [dramatic], etc.

Non-verbal vocalizations: [laughing], [chuckles], [sighs], [groaning], [clears throat], [exhales sharply], [inhales deeply], [crying], etc.

Pauses and timing: [pause], [short pause], [long pause] (or similar descriptive ones).

Note: These are interpretive; for precise control, ElevenLabs often recommends <break time="1.5s" /> (SSML-style) instead, especially in older models or API use. But audio tags work well for natural-feeling breaks.

Overall direction or context: Things like [whisper], [football commentary style], or chained tags [whispering][pause] for combined effects.

Other tricks: Tags are not case-sensitive (e.g., [HAPPY] or [happy] both work), and you can chain them [laughing][excited]. Place them right before/after the text they affect for best results, like:
"[laughing] That's hilarious! [sighs] But seriously..."

[boundupone]

I got Grok to build a sample script for a simple red light green light, and although not everything seemed to be picked up, it worked way way better than I expected -

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[sultry] [slowly] Begin, pet... eyes on me. [soft chuckle]

[commanding] Green light... [breath] stroke for me now... nice and slow... [moan softly]

[teasing] [pause] Red light... [stern] hands off. [sexy laugh] Good boy... feel that ache already?

[whispering] Green light... faster this time... show me how desperate you are... [panting lightly]

[playful] [laughs] Red light! Stop. [sighs sensually] Look at you trembling... [mischievously] you're not allowed to finish yet.

[seductive] Green light... edge for me... right there... [moans] don't you dare go over...

[stern whisper] Red light. [long breath] Hands behind your back. [sultry laugh] Such a needy little toy...

[teasing] One more... green light... stroke hard... beg in your mind... [giggles]

[final commanding] Red light! [pause] Session over... for now. [soft wicked laugh] You did well... but next time... longer.

[boundupone]

FYI I am just using the free test voice on the front page - Hope

To combine a script from Grok then get the TTS voiceover of this quality so easily is amazing

[PlayfulGuy]

Thanks for posting this.

I've been meaning to get around to trying this out, but so many shiny things, so little time.

Knowing you can control it to this extent makes me want to bump that up my list.

PG