# POST /v1/voices/pvc/{voice_id}/samples/{sample_id}/separate-speakers (ElevenLabs API)
Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03

> Start Speaker Separation

## 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/voices/pvc/voice-id/samples/sample-id/separate-speakers' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| voice_id | path | string | Yes | Voice ID to be used, you can use https://api.elevenlabs.i... |
| sample_id | path | string | Yes | Sample ID to be used |

## Response (200 OK)
{"status":"ok"}

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