ElevenLabs API custom pronunciation

Yes — ElevenLabs supports custom pronunciation in a few ways, depending on which product you’re using:

1) Pronunciation dictionaries / lexicons

If you want a specific word, name, acronym, or brand to be spoken a certain way, the usual approach is to provide a pronunciation dictionary (sometimes called a lexicon or pronunciation guide) to the TTS request.

Typical use cases:

• Brand names
• Character names
• Acronyms
• Foreign words

You define how the word should be pronounced, and then reference that dictionary when generating speech.

2) Phonetic spelling in the text

A simpler workaround is to write the word phonetically in the input text, for example:

• “NVIDIA” → “en-vid-ee-uh”
• “GIF” → “jif”

This is less precise, but often works.

3) SSML-like control

If you’re using a speech stack that supports SSML or similar text markup, you may be able to influence pronunciation that way. Support depends on the exact ElevenLabs endpoint/product, so check the current docs for the model/endpoint you’re using.

4) Voice settings / model choice

Sometimes pronunciation quality improves by:

• switching to a different voice
• using a different model
• improving punctuation/capitalization in the text

Practical recommendation

If your goal is reliable custom pronunciation at scale, use the official pronunciation dictionary / lexicon support if available in your ElevenLabs plan/API version.

If you want, I can help with either of these:

1. show the exact ElevenLabs API example for custom pronunciation, or
2. help you create a pronunciation entry for a specific word/name.