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# pydantic\_ai.realtime.elevenlabs

The ElevenLabs realtime provider, for the Eleven Realtime speech-to-speech models. Requires the `elevenlabs-realtime` optional group (`pip install "pydantic-ai-slim[elevenlabs-realtime]"`), which includes `openai` because the model reuses the OpenAI Realtime codec, whose event types come from the OpenAI SDK.

[`ElevenLabsRealtimeModel`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/realtime/elevenlabs/#pydantic_ai.realtime.elevenlabs.ElevenLabsRealtimeModel) is an [`OpenAIRealtimeModel`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/realtime/openai/#pydantic_ai.realtime.openai.OpenAIRealtimeModel) pointed at ElevenLabs, authenticated by the same [`ElevenLabsProvider`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/pydantic-ai/providers/#pydantic_ai.providers.elevenlabs.ElevenLabsProvider) as ElevenLabs Agents. For a hosted ElevenLabs agent, use [`ElevenLabsAgentsRealtimeModel`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/realtime/elevenlabs_agents/#pydantic_ai.realtime.elevenlabs_agents.ElevenLabsAgentsRealtimeModel) instead.

ElevenLabs realtime API provider for Eleven Realtime speech-to-speech sessions.

Connects to `wss://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/realtime` over a WebSocket. Eleven Realtime speaks the OpenAI Realtime protocol, so [`ElevenLabsRealtimeModel`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/realtime/elevenlabs/#pydantic_ai.realtime.elevenlabs.ElevenLabsRealtimeModel) is an [`OpenAIRealtimeModel`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/realtime/openai/#pydantic_ai.realtime.openai.OpenAIRealtimeModel) pointed at ElevenLabs: it reuses the OpenAI codec (event mapping, session seeding, tool conversion, reconnect-by-replay, and the WebSocket connection itself), authenticated with the key and base URL of the shared [`ElevenLabsProvider`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/pydantic-ai/providers/#pydantic_ai.providers.elevenlabs.ElevenLabsProvider), and diverges only where ElevenLabs does:

-   authentication uses the `xi-api-key` header, and the model is chosen with `session.model` in `session.update` (the server ignores OpenAI's `?model=` query parameter);
-   turn detection is semantic VAD only: the server rejects `server_vad`, so the cross-provider [`turn_detection`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/pydantic-ai/realtime/#pydantic_ai.realtime.RealtimeModelSettings.turn_detection) setting maps onto semantic VAD;
-   input transcription is always on, even with `input_transcription_model=None`, and takes no model, only a language (see [`elevenlabs_language`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/realtime/elevenlabs/#pydantic_ai.realtime.elevenlabs.ElevenLabsRealtimeModelSettings.elevenlabs_language));
-   voices are ElevenLabs voices, set with [`elevenlabs_voice`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/realtime/elevenlabs/#pydantic_ai.realtime.elevenlabs.ElevenLabsRealtimeModelSettings.elevenlabs_voice);
-   `response.done` carries no usage, so sessions report no token counts;
-   `conversation.item.delete` is not implemented, so `openai_prune_tool_items` is ignored;
-   images are dropped from user messages, and seeded history can only carry text;
-   text output (`output_modalities: ['text']`) ignores audio input altogether, so `output_modality='text'` is unsupported;
-   the server ends a session after `max_duration_seconds` (600 by default; see [`elevenlabs_max_duration_seconds`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/realtime/elevenlabs/#pydantic_ai.realtime.elevenlabs.ElevenLabsRealtimeModelSettings.elevenlabs_max_duration_seconds)) or after 60 seconds without a client message. With a [`reconnect`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/pydantic-ai/realtime/#pydantic_ai.realtime.RealtimeModelSettings.reconnect) policy, either close is re-dialed and the local message history replayed into a new session.

WebRTC is not supported, as ElevenLabs serves no `/realtime/calls` endpoint, but `create_client_secret` mints the ephemeral credential a browser uses to open the WebSocket directly.

For a hosted ElevenLabs agent, use [`ElevenLabsAgentsRealtimeModel`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/realtime/elevenlabs_agents/#pydantic_ai.realtime.elevenlabs_agents.ElevenLabsAgentsRealtimeModel) instead.

Requires the `websockets` package (the `realtime` optional group) and `openai` (the `openai` group, whose SDK supplies the event types the shared OpenAI codec is built on):

pip install "pydantic-ai-slim\[elevenlabs-realtime\]"

### ElevenLabsRealtimeModelSettings

**Bases:** `OpenAIRealtimeModelSettings`

Settings specific to Eleven Realtime models.

This inherits every [`OpenAIRealtimeModelSettings`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/realtime/openai/#pydantic_ai.realtime.openai.OpenAIRealtimeModelSettings) field, since the session is configured with OpenAI's `session.update` shape. `openai_turn_detection` is sent as on OpenAI, except that ElevenLabs only supports semantic VAD: a `ServerVAD` value raises a [`UserError`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/pydantic-ai/exceptions/#pydantic_ai.exceptions.UserError).

The remaining inherited fields are **silently ignored**, because ElevenLabs accepts and then drops them: `openai_voice` (ElevenLabs voices are set with `elevenlabs_voice`), `openai_input_noise_reduction`, `openai_output_speed`, `openai_truncation`, and `openai_prune_tool_items` and `openai_keep_tool_items` (the server doesn't implement `conversation.item.delete`). So are the shared `parallel_tool_calls` and `thinking` settings. Input audio is always transcribed: `input_transcription_model` takes `'auto'` (the default) or `None`, which still leaves transcripts on, and any other value raises a `UserError`.

#### Attributes

##### elevenlabs\_voice

Voice used for audio output: an ElevenLabs voice ID (e.g. `'JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb'`) or the name of a default voice. The server's default is `'brian'`.

**Type:** [`str`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/stdtypes.html#str)

##### elevenlabs\_language

Language code of the conversation (e.g. `'en'`, `'es'`, `'pt-br'`), used for transcription, speech, and the model's reply language. The server's default is English.

**Type:** [`str`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/stdtypes.html#str)

##### elevenlabs\_strip\_audio\_tags

Whether to remove expressive audio tags such as `[cheerful]` from the model's transcripts. Defaults to `True`.

Eleven Realtime writes tags into its reply to direct the delivery, and they are part of the transcript, though they aren't spoken. They are removed from the transcript, streamed and in history alike, and the tags a response's transcript held are kept, in order and without brackets, in its `provider_details['audio_tags']`. Only lowercase words in square brackets count as tags, so citations (`[1]`), Markdown links, and placeholders like `[Your Name]` are kept. Set this to `False` to keep the transcript exactly as ElevenLabs sends it, tags included.

**Type:** [`bool`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/functions.html#bool)

##### elevenlabs\_max\_duration\_seconds

Maximum wall-clock duration of a session, in seconds, from 60 to 7200. The server's default is 600.

The server closes the WebSocket once it is exceeded. With a [`reconnect`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/pydantic-ai/realtime/#pydantic_ai.realtime.RealtimeModelSettings.reconnect) policy, the session carries on over a new connection, with the local message history replayed into it.

**Type:** [`int`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/functions.html#int)

### ElevenLabsRealtimeConnection

**Bases:** `OpenAIRealtimeConnection`

A live WebSocket connection to the ElevenLabs realtime API.

Reuses [`OpenAIRealtimeConnection`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/realtime/openai/#pydantic_ai.realtime.openai.OpenAIRealtimeConnection) for the shared wire protocol, including reconnecting by replaying the local message history.

### ElevenLabsRealtimeModel

**Bases:** `OpenAIRealtimeModel`

ElevenLabs realtime API model, for the Eleven Realtime speech-to-speech models.

Pass `provider='elevenlabs'` (the default, which reads `ELEVENLABS_API_KEY`) or an [`ElevenLabsProvider`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/pydantic-ai/providers/#pydantic_ai.providers.elevenlabs.ElevenLabsProvider) constructed with `api_key=` or a data-residency `base_url=`. The session is configured and driven through the OpenAI Realtime protocol over a WebSocket; WebRTC is not supported.

#### Constructor Parameters

**`model`** : `ElevenLabsRealtimeModelName`

The model name, `eleven_realtime_v1_mini` (optimized for price and speed) or `eleven_realtime_v1_max` (reasons before it responds).

**`provider`** : `Provider`\[`AsyncHTTPClient`\] | [`str`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/stdtypes.html#str) _Default:_ `'elevenlabs'`

The provider to use for authentication and the base URL. Defaults to `'elevenlabs'`.

**`settings`** : `RealtimeModelSettings` | [`None`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/constants.html#None) _Default:_ `None`

[Model settings](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/realtime/elevenlabs/#pydantic_ai.realtime.elevenlabs.ElevenLabsRealtimeModelSettings) used as defaults for realtime sessions. With a [`reconnect`](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/pydantic-ai/realtime/#pydantic_ai.realtime.RealtimeModelSettings.reconnect) policy, a dropped connection is re-dialed and the local message history replayed into it.

**`profile`** : `RealtimeModelProfileSpec` | [`None`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/constants.html#None) _Default:_ `None`

Optional override for the [realtime model profile](https://pydantic.dev/docs/ai/api/pydantic-ai/realtime/#pydantic_ai.realtime.RealtimeModelProfile), merged over the provider's -- a partial dict, or a callable taking the resolved profile and returning the one to use.

### LatestElevenLabsRealtimeModelNames

The latest Eleven Realtime model names.

**Default:** `Literal['eleven_realtime_v1_mini', 'eleven_realtime_v1_max']`

### ElevenLabsRealtimeModelName

Possible Eleven Realtime model names.

`eleven_realtime_v1_mini` is optimized for price and speed; `eleven_realtime_v1_max` reasons before it responds, for complex instructions and multi-step tool use, and needs a `max_tokens` of at least 1024.

**Default:** `str | LatestElevenLabsRealtimeModelNames`