curl -X POST 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/dubbing/resource/dubbing-id/speaker/speaker-id/segment' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "start_time": 0,
  "end_time": 0,
  "text": "string",
  "translations": {}
}'

# POST /v1/dubbing/resource/{dubbing_id}/speaker/{speaker_id}/segment (ElevenLabs API)
Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03

> Create A Segment For The Speaker

## Critical Gotchas
* Authentication uses the non-standard `xi-api-key` header, not `Authorization: Bearer`. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.
* Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (`--output speech.mp3`) rather than parsing it.

## cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/dubbing/resource/dubbing-id/speaker/speaker-id/segment' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"start_time":0,"end_time":0,"text":"string","translations":{}}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| dubbing_id | path | string | Yes | ID of the dubbing project. |
| speaker_id | path | string | Yes | ID of the speaker. |
| start_time | body | number | Yes | Request body field start_time. |
| end_time | body | number | Yes | Request body field end_time. |

## Response (200 OK)
{"version":0,"new_segment":"string"}

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POST

/v1/dubbing/resource/{dubbing_id}/speaker/{speaker_id}/segment

ElevenLabs API

Create A Segment For The Speaker

Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

Authentication uses the non-standard xi-api-key header, not Authorization: Bearer. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.

Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (--output speech.mp3) rather than parsing it.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/dubbing/resource/dubbing-id/speaker/speaker-id/segment' \  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "start_time": 0,  "end_time": 0,  "text": "string",  "translations": {}}'

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Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
dubbing_id	path	string	Yes	ID of the dubbing project.
speaker_id	path	string	Yes	ID of the speaker.
start_time	body	number	Yes	Request body field start_time.
end_time	body	number	Yes	Request body field end_time.
text	body	string	No	Request body field text.
translations	body	object	No	Request body field translations.

Response 200 OK

{
  "version": 0,
  "new_segment": "string"
}