Character
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- Unit
- Character
- Aliases
- TTS character
- Definition
- Text to Speech is metered per text character generated; on the API it is billed in US dollars per 1,000 characters rather than in credits (ElevenAPI pricing FAQ).
- Counting rules
- API Text to Speech is billed per character at 0.08 US dollars per 1,000 characters on v3 and v2 Multilingual models and 0.04 on Flash/Turbo models; v4 is 0.08 list with a promotional rate. The Startup Grants Program is stated in characters (33 million).
- Floors / minimums
- None published; per-request character limits depend on the model (for example 5,000 for v3, 10,000 for v2 Multilingual, 40,000 for Flash/Turbo).
- Applies to products
- ElevenAPI Text to Speech
- Product category