How to Use ElevenLabs AI (Complete Beginner Tutorial)

About this video

A beginner tutorial on ElevenLabs presented by Elizabeth, starting from the claim that professional voiceovers no longer need expensive microphones or a studio. After signing up at ElevenLabs.io — the free plan is used in the video — the workflow is Text to Speech: paste a script (up to 5,000 characters per generation), choose a voice, and generate narration. Voices can be browsed and previewed by language, accent, gender, and content type, or searched. Delivery is then tuned with speed, stability, similarity, style exaggeration, and, depending on the model, expressiveness; higher stability is described as more predictable, lower stability as more varied and emotional. The presenter stresses that writing matters more than settings — commas for natural pauses and question/exclamation punctuation change the delivery. Voice cloning is covered next: Instant Voice Cloning, said to be included in the starter plan, creates an AI version of your own voice from a short uploaded recording after naming it and confirming permission. ElevenLabs Studio is then shown for longer projects: upload or paste a script, let it auto-split into sections, regenerate single sections instead of the whole project, assign different voices (including a clone) to narrator and characters, and export one combined audio file for a video editor, presentation, or podcast. The video closes with quick looks at Voice Changer, which transforms an existing recording into another voice, and Dubbing, which translates and dubs a video into another language while preserving much of the original pacing and emotion.

Key takeaways

• Core workflow: paste up to 5,000 characters into Text to Speech, pick a previewed voice filtered by language, accent, gender, or content type, then generate
• Tune delivery with speed, stability, similarity, and style exaggeration — higher stability is steadier, lower stability is more emotional and varied
• Script punctuation drives performance: commas create natural pauses and question/exclamation marks change how lines are read
• Instant Voice Cloning (starter plan per the video) builds a usable clone from a short uploaded recording after a permission confirmation
• Studio supports long narrations with per-section regeneration and different voices per character, plus Voice Changer and Dubbing for translation

Episode details: published July 21, 2026 · 10:58 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kevin Stratvert’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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