curl -X GET 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/pronunciation-dictionaries?cursor=example-cursor&page_size=30&sort=creation_time_unix&sort_direction=DESCENDING&include_archived=true' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"

# GET /v1/pronunciation-dictionaries (ElevenLabs API)
Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03

> Get Pronunciation Dictionaries

## 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/pronunciation-dictionaries?cursor=example-cursor&page_size=30&sort=creation_time_unix&sort_direction=DESCENDING&include_archived=true' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| cursor | query | string | No | Used for fetching next page. Cursor i... |
| page_size | query | integer | No | How many pronunciation dictionaries t... |
| sort | query | string | No | Which field to sort by, one of 'creat... |

## Response (200 OK)
{"has_more":false,"next_cursor":"5xM3yVvZQKV0EfqQpLr2"}

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GET

/v1/pronunciation-dictionaries

ElevenLabs API

Get Pronunciation Dictionaries

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 GET 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/pronunciation-dictionaries?cursor=example-cursor&page_size=30&sort=creation_time_unix&sort_direction=DESCENDING&include_archived=true' \  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"

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Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
cursor	query	string	No	Used for fetching next page. Cursor is returned in the response.
page_size	query	integer	No	How many pronunciation dictionaries to return at maximum. Can not exceed 100, defaults to 30.
sort	query	string	No	Which field to sort by, one of 'created_at_unix' or 'name'.
sort_direction	query	string	No	Which direction to sort the voices in. 'ascending' or 'descending'.
include_archived	query	boolean	No	Whether to include archived pronunciation dictionaries in the response.

Response 200 OK

{
  "has_more": false,
  "next_cursor": "5xM3yVvZQKV0EfqQpLr2",
  "pronunciation_dictionaries": [
    {
      "created_by": "ar6633Es2kUjFXBdR1iVc9ztsXl1",
      "creation_time_unix": 1714156800,
      "description": "This is a test dictionary",
      "id": "5xM3yVvZQKV0EfqQpLrJ",
      "latest_version_id": "5xM3yVvZQKV0EfqQpLr2",
      "latest_version_rules_num": 2,
      "name": "My Dictionary",
      "permission_on_resource": "admin"
    }
  ]
}