curl -X POST 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/dubbing/resource/dubbing-id/transcribe' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "segments": [
    "string"
  ]
}'

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

> Transcribes Segments

## 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/transcribe' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"segments":["string"]}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| dubbing_id | path | string | Yes | ID of the dubbing project. |
| segments | body | string[] | Yes | Transcribe this specific list of segments. |

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

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POST

/v1/dubbing/resource/{dubbing_id}/transcribe

ElevenLabs API

Transcribes Segments

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 POST 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/dubbing/resource/dubbing-id/transcribe' \  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "segments": [    "string"  ]}'

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Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
dubbing_id	path	string	Yes	ID of the dubbing project.
segments	body	string[]	Yes	Transcribe this specific list of segments.

Response 200 OK

{
  "version": 0
}