ELEVENLABS V4 ADDS EXPRESSION CONTROL, 90-LANGUAGE SUPPORT
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ElevenLabs launched its v4 speech model with enhanced expression control and expanded language support across 90 languages. The model can clone voices from a 10-second audio clip.
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