Scribe v3 is ElevenLabs' speech-to-text model for recorded audio in 102 languages, and Scribe v3 Live is its real-time version, which now labels who is speaking as the conversation happens. ElevenLabs released both on November 10, 2026, and made them the default in the ElevenLabs app.
Scribe v3 at a glance
API price | Scribe v3 $0.20/hour; Scribe v3 Live $0.22/hour |
|---|---|
Free allowance | 4 hr 30 min (Scribe) and 2 hr 30 min (Live) in the Free / Pay as you go column |
Languages | 102 |
Model IDs | scribe_v3, scribe_v3_live |
Where | ElevenLabs app, ElevenAPI, ElevenAgents |
What's new in Scribe v3
Accuracy: 27% fewer word errors than Scribe v2 across 102 languages on the FLEURS benchmark.
Real-time: Scribe v3 Live makes 31% fewer word errors and 43% fewer meaning-changing errors than Scribe v2 Realtime.
Live speaker labels: a first for ElevenLabs' real-time model. Its English speaker-labeling error rate was 3.1% versus 5.9% to 7.3% for the other real-time models ElevenLabs tested.
Custom vocabulary: keyterm prompting takes up to 1,000 terms for product names and jargon.
Healthcare: a medical-tuned Live version is rolling out for healthcare teams in ElevenAgents.
What you can do with it
Transcribe podcasts, interviews and meetings with speakers labeled.
Build voice agents and meeting bots that know who said what in real time.
Caption videos in dozens of languages.
Pricing
ElevenLabs' API pricing page lists Scribe v3 at $0.20 per hour of audio and Scribe v3 Live at $0.22 per hour. Keyterm prompting and transcript editing cost extra ($0.05 and $0.07 per hour for batch, $0.08 and $0.12 for Live). Paid plans include more hours, from 30 hours on Starter upward.
What to know
All accuracy results are ElevenLabs' own.
The announcement gives no latency figures for Live.
Enterprise customers can choose isolated EU, India or Singapore environments; the default region is the US.
Our take
Live speaker labels are the upgrade that matters. Meeting bots and voice agents have had to guess who said what after the fact, and real-time labels fix that. At about 20 cents an hour it's cheap enough to test on your own noisy audio before switching.
Scribe v3 alternatives
DeepSeek App API: includes speech-to-text, text-to-speech and OCR alongside search.
Frequently asked questions
Can I try Scribe v3 for free?
Yes. The free column on ElevenLabs' pricing page includes hours of Scribe and Scribe v3 Live.
How do I switch from Scribe v2?
Change the model ID to scribe_v3 or scribe_v3_live.
As featured in World of AI
Google's new API scores answers instead of writing them (Nov 11, 2026)
Facts checked against ElevenLabs' announcement and API pricing page on November 13, 2026.
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