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The ElevenLabs Voice Changer converts your live or recorded voice into another voice in real time — speak as yourself, sound as someone else. It runs inside the ElevenLabs app and spends credits per minute of converted audio from your monthly pool. Checked 4 Nov 2026.
Best for: Creators who want to perform in one voice and publish in another — dubbing yourself, character work, privacy.
Not for: Anyone expecting a free, unlimited real-time disguise — conversion spends credits per minute.
Starting price: $0 — the Voice Changer works on the free 10,000-credit tier; paid plans from $6/month, checked 4 Nov 2026.
What is the ElevenLabs Voice Changer?
The Voice Changer is ElevenLabs’ voice-to-voice feature: instead of typing text, you speak — live through a microphone or from an uploaded recording — and the output comes out in a different voice, in real time. Your words, pacing, and emotion stay yours; the timbre becomes someone else’s.
It sits between two better-known features. Text-to-speech turns writing into speech; voice cloning builds a reusable voice from recordings. The Voice Changer does neither — it converts speech to speech, which makes it the tool for performing rather than writing.
Conversion happens inside the ElevenLabs app. Pick a target voice from the library or your own voices, feed it your audio, and the converted output streams back — ready to record, stream, or export.
How to use the Voice Changer in 6 steps
The setup takes minutes. Credit costs are noted per step:
- Open the Voice Changer in the ElevenLabs app. Cost: 0 credits.
- Choose your target voice — a premade voice, a library voice, or one of your clones. Cost: 0 credits.
- Connect your microphone for live conversion, or upload a recording to convert a file. Cost: 0 credits.
- Do a 10-second test: speak, listen to the converted output, and adjust the input level. Cost: a few credits for the converted seconds.
- Run your full session — stream, record, or convert the upload. Cost: credits per minute of converted audio, from your monthly pool.
- Download or route the converted audio to your stream or recording. Cost: 0 credits.
Only the converted minutes spend credits. Setup, voice selection, and test listening are free — the meter runs on output audio, so a 10-minute session costs the same whether you chose a premade or a community voice from the Voice Library.
How to get clean conversions: input quality matters
The Voice Changer can only convert what it hears clearly. A noisy room, a distant microphone, or heavy background music all pass straight through the conversion — the target voice will speak, but the noise comes along for the ride. Record in a quiet space with the microphone close to your mouth for the cleanest output.
Speak naturally and avoid overlapping sounds. The converter tracks one voice at a time, so background conversations, TV audio, or music with vocals confuse it. If your test conversion sounds garbled, mute everything except your voice and try again before touching any setting.
Match your energy to the target voice. Shouting into a calm narrator voice — or whispering into an energetic character voice — produces strained results. Perform at the energy level the target voice was built for, and the conversion sounds far more convincing.
Watch your input level on the meter. Audio that clips (too loud) or barely registers (too quiet) converts poorly even with a perfect target voice — aim for a strong, steady signal with headroom, the same levels you would use for any clean recording.
How much does the Voice Changer cost?
Conversion is billed per minute of output audio from the same monthly credit pool as everything else: 10,000 credits on the free tier, 30,000 on Starter ($6/month), 121,000 on Creator ($22/month), 600,000 on Pro ($99/month). The exact per-minute rate is shown in the app — check it before a long session.
The planning formula is simple: minutes of converted audio multiplied by credits per minute equals the session cost. At a hypothetical 1,000 credits per minute, a 10-minute stream costs 10,000 credits — the entire free-tier month — while the same session is one-third of Starter’s 30,000. Plug in the app’s real rate for your plan and the formula holds.
Test clips are the budget saver. A 10-second test costs one-sixth of a minute’s rate, so dialing in the voice and levels with short tests keeps the expensive minutes for the real performance.
Voice Changer credit planning: three real scenarios
The per-minute rate decides everything, so plan around your session length. These scenarios use a hypothetical 1,000 credits per minute — replace it with the app’s real rate:
| Scenario | Minutes | Credits at 1,000/min | Share of plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly 5-min video (free tier) | 5 | 5,000 | 50% of 10,000 |
| Daily 10-min stream (Starter) | 10 | 10,000 | 33% of 30,000 |
| 2-hour character session (Creator) | 120 | 120,000 | 99% of 121,000 |
The pattern is clear: the free tier covers short tests and one short video a month; Starter covers a weekly short-form habit; Creator covers serious session work. Match the plan to the minutes, not the features.
Voice Changer vs voice cloning: what’s the difference?
The Voice Changer converts your live speech; cloning creates a voice you can type into. If you want to perform — stream, record voiceover in one take, dub yourself — the changer is the tool. If you want to generate speech from text later, clone the voice and use text-to-speech.
The credit models differ too. The changer bills converted minutes; cloning plus TTS bills characters. A 10-minute improvised stream fits the changer; a 10-minute scripted narration fits cloning plus TTS — our voice cloning guide covers that route.
You can combine them: clone a voice, then set it as the changer’s target. Your live speech then comes out in your own cloned voice — useful for consistent character work across streams and videos.
What is the Voice Changer good for?
Content creators use it to dub themselves — record in your natural voice, publish in a polished or character voice — and to keep a consistent voice across videos without re-recording every line.
Privacy is the second use: streamers and call participants who want to mask their real voice. And performers use it for character work — one actor, many voices, in a single take.
It also helps accessibility workflows: narrate once in your own voice, then convert to a clearer or more expressive voice for the final audience, without re-performing the material.
Teams use it for consistent branding too: record scratch tracks in any voice, convert to the brand voice, and every video ships with the same sound — no scheduling the voice actor for pickups. That workflow alone justifies a paid plan for channels publishing weekly, and the converted scratch track gives editors a timing-accurate preview before the final take.
ElevenLabs Voice Changer: pros and cons
Pros
- Real-time conversion — no rendering wait between speaking and hearing the new voice.
- Works with any target voice: premade, library, or your own clones.
- Setup and testing are free; only converted minutes spend credits.
- Available on the free tier for short tests.
Cons
- Bills per converted minute — long sessions drain the monthly pool fast.
- Output quality depends on input quality; bad microphones convert badly.
- Not a TTS replacement — you must perform the audio yourself.
- Cannot be used to impersonate real people without their consent.
Who should NOT use the Voice Changer
If your content starts as a script, skip the changer and use text-to-speech — typing is faster than performing, and TTS bills characters instead of minutes. The changer earns its keep only when the performance itself matters.
And never use it to impersonate a real person without permission. ElevenLabs requires consent for cloning real voices, and the same principle governs conversion targets — the tool is for your voices and licensed voices, not impersonation.
Frequently asked questions
Is the ElevenLabs voice changer free?
Setup, voice selection, and testing are free, but converted audio spends credits per minute from your monthly pool — 10,000 on the free tier, 30,000 on Starter ($6/month), and up. Short tests cost almost nothing; long sessions need a paid plan.
Is the ElevenLabs voice changer real time?
Yes. The Voice Changer converts your speech as you speak, with no rendering wait — you hear the target voice while performing the words. That makes it suitable for streaming and live recording, unlike text-to-speech which renders after you type.
Can I change my voice to a celebrity with ElevenLabs?
No — not without that person’s consent. ElevenLabs requires permission to clone or replicate a real person’s voice, and the rule covers conversion targets too. Use premade voices, library voices, or voices you have explicit rights to use instead for any project.
Does the voice changer work on the free plan?
Yes. The Voice Changer is available on the free tier, and short tests fit comfortably inside the 10,000 monthly credits. Long sessions will exhaust the free allowance quickly, which is when Starter’s 30,000 credits make sense for regular use each month.
How many credits does voice changing cost?
Conversion is billed per minute of output audio at a rate shown in the app, drawn from your monthly credit pool. Multiply your session minutes by the per-minute rate for the exact cost — and use short tests to dial in settings cheaply.
What is the difference between voice changer and voice cloning?
The Voice Changer converts your live or recorded speech into another voice in real time; cloning builds a reusable voice from recordings that you then type into with text-to-speech. Performers want the changer; scriptwriters want cloning — see our voice cloning guide for the second route.
Sources checked
Voice Changer features come from the official ElevenLabs website and documentation, checked 4 Nov 2026. Plan prices and credit allowances come from the official ElevenLabs pricing page, checked 4 Nov 2026.
Last updated 4 Nov 2026. Prices checked on the official ElevenLabs pricing page on that date; confirm at checkout.