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/v1/dubbing/{dubbing_id}/transcripts/{language_code}/format/{format_type}

ElevenLabs API

Retrieve A Transcript

Base URL
https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth
xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified
2026-09-03 · upstream hash matched
Actions
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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 GET 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/dubbing/dubbing-id/transcripts/example-language-code/format/srt' \  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"
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Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
dubbing_id path string Yes ID of the dubbing project.
language_code path string Yes ISO-693 language code to retrieve the transcript for. Use 'source' to fetch the transcript of the original media.
format_type path string Yes Format to return transcript in. For subtitles use either 'srt' or 'webvtt', and for a full transcript use 'json'. The 'json' format is not yet supported for Dubbing Studio.

Response 200 OK

{
  "transcript_format": "srt",
  "srt": "string",
  "webvtt": "string",
  "json": {
    "language": "string",
    "utterances": [
      {
        "text": "",
        "speaker_id": "unknown",
        "start_s": 0,
        "end_s": 0,
        "words": [
          {
            "text": "[recursive or deeply nested schema]",
            "word_type": "[recursive or deeply nested schema]",
            "start_s": "[recursive or deeply nested schema]",
            "end_s": "[recursive or deeply nested schema]",
            "characters": "[recursive or deeply nested schema]"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}