# dubbing

This skill creates dubbed audio and video in other languages through ElevenLabs while keeping the original speakers’ voices. Use it for media localization and transcript edits.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4100 installs · ★ 508
- Author: elevenlabs
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills/tree/HEAD/dubbing/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/dubbing

## What it does

The skill creates a project from a file or URL, waits for the source media to be transcribed, and lets you edit the transcript segment by segment. You can then add target languages and generate a separate audio output for each one. The finished file can be downloaded after generation completes.

You can refine translation segments and generate a fresh dub after edits. Changing the source transcript makes an existing language output stale, so it needs regeneration. The setup requires internet access and `ELEVENLABS_API_KEY`; the skill uses the Dubbing Projects API rather than the legacy interface. Check the plan constraint first: transcript editing and regeneration are limited to enterprise workspaces.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill dubbing -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/dubbing/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/dubbing/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill dubbing -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/dubbing/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill dubbing -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/dubbing/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install elevenlabs/skills dubbing
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/dubbing/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill dubbing -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills --path dubbing
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/dubbing/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add elevenlabs/skills --skill dubbing -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/elevenlabs/skills/tree/HEAD/dubbing/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- translate a video into another language
- keep the original speakers’ voices
- review and correct dubbing transcripts
- regenerate audio after translation edits

## Example prompts
- Create a Spanish dub of `promo.mp4` and save the finished audio output.
- Create a project from a URL, wait for transcription, and show the source segments for review.
- Apply the corrected translation to the segment, then regenerate the language output.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: dubbing
description: Dub audio and video into other languages using the ElevenLabs Dubbing API (dubbing_v2), preserving the original speakers' voices. Use when translating videos, podcasts, or recordings into other languages, localizing media content, reviewing or correcting dubbing transcripts and translations, or regenerating a dub after edits.
license: MIT
compatibility: Requires internet access and an ElevenLabs API key (ELEVENLABS_API_KEY).
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# ElevenLabs Dubbing

Dub audio or video into other languages while preserving the original speakers' voices. Create a project from a file or URL, review and edit the source transcript, add one or more target languages, refine translations per segment, and regenerate outputs.

> **Important:** Use the Dubbing Projects API — `elevenlabs.dubbing.project.*` in the SDKs, or the `/v1/dubbing/project` REST endpoints. Do **not** use the legacy v1 dubbing surface (`client.dubbing.create()`, `client.dubbing.get()`, `client.dubbing.audio.get()`, or bare `/v1/dubbing` routes) — that is the older dubbing API, now under Legacy in the API reference.

> **Setup, before writing any code:** if `ELEVENLABS_API_KEY` isn't set for this project, run `npx -y @elevenlabs/cli@latest onboard init` from the app's folder first and follow what it prints: it signs the user in and stores a key for the project, so nobody copies one by hand. Otherwise see the [Installation Guide](references/installation.md). The `elevenlabs` CLI and the SDKs read `ELEVENLABS_API_KEY` automatically; REST base URL is `https://api.elevenlabs.io` with your API key in the `xi-api-key` header.

## Concepts

| Concept | Meaning |
|---------|---------|
| **Project** | One source of media (file or URL) plus its source transcript. Prepared (transcribed) once, then rests in `ready` while you add languages. |
| **Source transcript** | Editable segments (text, speaker, timing) transcribed from the source. The single source of truth every language is translated from. |
| **Language (target)** | One dubbed output language. Each has its own transcript (source segments + a translation per segment) and its own dubbed audio output. |
| **Revisions** | Independent monotonic counters. The project's `revision` bumps on source-transcript edits; a language's `revision` bumps on translation edits or source edits that affect it. A language's `output_revision` is the revision its current audio was generated from — when it's behind `revision`, the output is out of date. |

**Recommended order of operations:** finalize the source transcript **before** adding any languages. Translations are produced from the source, so correcting the source first means every language starts from the right text — editing the source after a language completes marks it `stale` and requires a (charged) regeneration.

> **Enterprise:** Transcript editing and regeneration are available to enterprise workspaces only. Creating projects, adding languages, and downloading dubs work on all plans.

## Workflow

1. **Create** the project from a file or URL → `queued`
2. **Poll** the project until `ready`
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