elevenlabs-stt

elevenlabs-stt

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

# ElevenLabs TTS (reverse direction)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@elevenlabs-tts

# ElevenLabs dubbing (translate audio)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@elevenlabs-dubbing

# Other STT models (Whisper)
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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