Eleven Scribe

Eleven Scribe Transcription is available in the Business API catalog.

elevenlabs/eleven-scribe/transcription

Capabilities

Best for

•Voiceover and narration
•Sound design beds
•Quick music sketches

Not for

•Real-time streaming synthesis
•Studio mastering
•Forensic audio

Authentication

api key header

The Pika API uses API keys to authenticate requests. Send your key in the X-API-Key header. Your API key is a secret. Don't expose it in browsers or other client-side code. Instead, call the API from your server. The signed-in playground uses a portal session and never sends your API key.

header

X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY

Endpoint

asynchronous · poll for the result

POSThttps://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/elevenlabs/eleven-scribe/transcriptiongenerate endpoint

GEThttps://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/jobs/{request_id}poll until completed

GEThttps://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/jobs/{request_id}/contentget the result URL

Reference Uploads

media inputs

Media inputs accept any public URL. To use a local file, POST its content_type and size_bytes to /v1/media/uploads, PUT the file to the returned upload_url, then pass the url.

upload

# 1. Request a presigned upload URL. Send the file's content
#    type and its exact size in bytes.
curl -X POST https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/uploads \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"content_type": "image/png", "size_bytes": 12345}'

# The response returns two URLs:
#   upload_url: a temporary URL to upload the file to. Expires in 5 minutes.
#   url:        the permanent Pika URL. Pass it to the model as the input.
# {
#   "upload_url": "https://upload.r2.pika.art/...?X-Amz-Signature=...",
#   "url": "https://cdn.pika.art/v2/media/uploads/org_abc/9f8e7d.png"
# }

# 2. Upload the file to upload_url, then pass url to the model.
curl -X PUT "<upload_url>" \
  -H "Content-Type: image/png" \
  --data-binary @input.png

Generate

POST /v1/media/elevenlabs/eleven-scribe/transcription

Request

curl -X POST https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/elevenlabs/eleven-scribe/transcription \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "audio_url": "https://cdn.pika.art/v2/media/media_0885b21f-ce1e-4cfd-b799-2f66372a0284/output.mp3",
  "duration_seconds": 9.8
}'

Response

{
  "id": "media_8f3a2c91-5b7d-4e0a-9c26-31d4f2a8e6b0",
  "status": "queued"
}

Request body

audio_urlstringrequired

URL of the audio to transcribe.

duration_secondsnumber0.1 – 3600required

Duration of the source audio in seconds.

language_codestring

ISO-639-1 or 639-3 language code (e.g. 'en', 'eng'). Omit to auto-detect.

diarizeboolean

Whether to label which speaker said each segment.

use_multi_channelboolean

Whether to transcribe each audio channel separately.

Input modes

Audio urlaudio_url

Use a public URL directly, or POST { content_type, size_bytes } to /v1/media/uploads, PUT the audio to the returned upload_url with the returned headers, then pass the url.

Returns

Returns a job object with status , not the final output. Store the id from the response and poll the job until it completes.

Poll status

GET /v1/media/jobs/{request_id}

Request

curl https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/jobs/{request_id} \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "id": "media_8f3a2c91-5b7d-4e0a-9c26-31d4f2a8e6b0",
  "status": "running"
}

Poll the job by id until it reaches a terminal state: completed or failed.

The job object

idstring

Unique identifier for the job.

statusenum

The status of the job.One of:

object

The generation output. Present once the job completes.

errorstring

If the job failed, the reason for the failure.

Get result

GET /v1/media/jobs/{request_id}/content

Request

curl https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/jobs/{request_id}/content \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "url": "https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/files/audio_8f3a2c91.mp3"
}

Once the job completes, fetch a download URL for the generated media.

Returns

urlstring

Download URL for the generated file.

Errors

shared across calls

Errors use conventional HTTP status codes with a JSON body of the shape {"message": "..."}. Validation failures return 422 with a message naming the offending field. Submit rejections after the job row exists (balance, rate limit) return the failed job envelope — branch on error.code.

Status	When	Body
401 Unauthorized	The API key is missing or invalid.	{"message":"Invalid API key"}
403 Forbidden	An inactive key is rejected with a `{"message"}` body. A submit that the org balance or postpaid cycle limit cannot cover is rejected after the job row exists and returns the failed job envelope.	{"id":"media_8f3a2c91-5b7d-4e0a-9c26-31d4f2a8e6b0","status":"failed","error":{"code":"insufficient_balance","message":"Insufficient org balance"}}
404 Not Found	No job with that id exists in your org, or the media path names an unknown vendor/model/function.	{"message":"media job not found"}
409 Conflict	The result was requested before the job completed, or an Idempotency-Key header was reused with a different body.	{"message":"media job is not ready"}
422 Unprocessable Entity	The request body failed validation: an invalid enum value, a missing required field, a wrong type, or malformed JSON. The JSON message names the offending field. A schema-valid parameter combination that cannot be priced instead fails after job creation and returns the failed job envelope with error code `invalid_input`.	{"message":"duration: Input should be less than or equal to 15"}
429 Too Many Requests	Org limit reached: requests per minute or day, or concurrent jobs. Returned as the failed job envelope; check the Retry-After header and retry with a fresh Idempotency-Key.	{"id":"media_8f3a2c91-5b7d-4e0a-9c26-31d4f2a8e6b0","status":"failed","error":{"code":"rate_limited","message":"rate limit exceeded: rpm"}}
503 Service Unavailable	The model rail or a backend dependency is temporarily unavailable. Returned as the failed job envelope; retry with backoff and a fresh Idempotency-Key.	{"id":"media_8f3a2c91-5b7d-4e0a-9c26-31d4f2a8e6b0","status":"failed","error":{"code":"provider_unavailable","message":"media dispatch unavailable"}}

Pricing

only successful runs are charged

Tier	Price
default	$0.004 / minute

Per-model pricing

Transparent, usage-based rates for every ElevenLabs model.

Model	Type	Resolution	Price
Eleven Multilingual v2 Audio • Text to Speech		—	$0.105 / 1000 chars
Eleven Multilingual STS v2 Audio • Speech to Speech		—	$0.126 / min
Eleven Scribe Audio • Transcription	Current	—	$0.004 / min
Eleven Text to Dialogue Audio • Text to Speech		—	$0.105 / 1000 chars
Eleven Text to Sound v2 Audio • Sound Effects		—	$0.126 / min
Eleven Turbo v2.5 Audio • Text to Speech		—	$0.053 / 1000 chars
Eleven Voice Dubbing Audio	Dubbing	with watermark	$0.347 / min
Eleven Voice Dubbing Audio	Dubbing	no watermark	$0.525 / min
Eleven Voice Isolation Audio • Voice Isolation		—	$0.126 / min

Eleven Multilingual v2

Audio • Text to Speech

$0.105 / 1000 chars

Eleven Multilingual STS v2

Audio • Speech to Speech

$0.126 / min

Eleven ScribeCurrent

Audio • Transcription

$0.004 / min

Eleven Text to Dialogue

Audio • Text to Speech

$0.105 / 1000 chars

Eleven Text to Sound v2

Audio • Sound Effects

$0.126 / min

Eleven Turbo v2.5

Audio • Text to Speech

$0.053 / 1000 chars

Eleven Voice Dubbing

Audio

Dubbing

with watermark$0.347 / min

no watermark$0.525 / min

Eleven Voice Isolation

Audio • Voice Isolation

$0.126 / min

Eleven Scribe

Capabilities

Authentication

Endpoint

Reference Uploads

Generate

Poll status

Get result

Errors

Pricing

Per-model pricing

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