ElevenLabs Speech to Text

POST/v1/run

Speech To Text by ElevenLabs - accurate speech-to-text transcription with AI. Convert audio and video to text with high accuracy, multilingual support, and speaker identification.

Request body

Submit an async generation request. The model field selects the model; other fields are model-specific input parameters.

stringmodelrequired

Model identifier. Set to elevenlabs/speech-to-text.

Default: elevenlabs/speech-to-text

Optional<string>audio

URL of the audio file to transcribe

Optional<boolean>diarize

Whether to annotate who is speaking

Default: true

Optional<string>language_code

Language code of the audio

Optional<boolean>tag_audio_events

Tag audio events like laughter, applause, etc.

Default: true

Response Schema

The submit endpoint returns a run response. If its status is pending or running, poll GET /v1/run/{id} with the returned opaque ID until it reaches a terminal state.

stringidrequired

Opaque SandBase run identifier. Use it exactly as returned; no prefix is guaranteed.

stringstatusrequired

Current public run status.

Allowed values: pending, running, completed, failed, timeout

Optional<string>model

Public SandBase model name used for this run.

Optional<array<object>>outputs

Present only for completed runs. Each object is capability-specific; inspect the selected model schema for its fields.

Optional<object>error

Present only for failed or timeout runs. Contains a public error type and sanitized message.

Optional<string>error.type

Stable public error category.

Optional<string>error.message

Sanitized error message safe to show to clients.

Optional<object>usage

Usage details when available.

Model capabilities

array<string>capability_tagsrequired

Capabilities declared by the model registry.

Default: speech-to-text

stringexecution_moderequired

Execution mode declared by the model registry.

Default: async

# 1. Submit a generation request
curl -X POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "elevenlabs/speech-to-text",
  "audio": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/elevenlabs/speech-to-text/output_url_0.mp3"
}'

# 2. If the response is still running, poll the returned id
curl https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/f3d2e8a1-7c4b-4a12-9d2e-123456789abc \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY"

Response202 Accepted

{
  "id": "f3d2e8a1-7c4b-4a12-9d2e-123456789abc",
  "model": "elevenlabs/speech-to-text",
  "status": "running"
}