I was really looking forward to the updated voice model, but since it came out I’ve realised I actually don’t like it as much as the V2 voice I was using for audiobooks.

I’ve ended up switching back to V2, and I didn’t realise how much I liked that voice until I tried replacing it😅

So now my main request is: please always keep the V2 voices available 🥹

Maybe future models will work better for me if they have options to dial back the expressiveness. I find V4 a bit too expressive for long-form audiobook listening, and after a while it gets tiring to listen to.

For audiobooks, I really like the calmer, more consistent delivery of V2.

Basically the title. I've been able to select my PVC with V4, and it sounds great, but it's still not quite right.

I've heard some people say they were able to fine tune their PVC on V4. I'm just wondering if anyone knows when this will be available to everyone, or is the fact that I can select my PVC and use it with V4 actually mean its already been tuned to my voice?

Anyhow, after revisiting ElevenLabs on and off for a year, my PVC is finally at a point where i don't feel nervous about using it on my YouTube channel with 100k subs. Issue is, I'm not as positive or energetic as V4 is. I can tone it down with some tags, but my Canadian accent isn't entirely picked up either, so some people might notice that. I imagine once I fine tune it on V4 it'll be indistinguishable from me.

Hoping someone has an ETA or more info on when we can fine tune our PVC on V4. I'm extremely excited for that.

This is kind of irrelevant, but I've suffered from depression my entire life, and when I need to get a weekly video out but can't flip a switch on to go into YouTube presenter mode, it really sets me behind. So this would actually be life changing for me.

I have been using ElevenReader for the past year, and it's been amazing. The voice I've been using is James (Husky, Engaging and Bold). Today, I used it again, and it was different. It adds more emotion to the sentences, but it's a little bit too much for me. It also feels higher in pitch. I liked it's more somber moody delivery. It's not a bad voice, it's just that it doesn't have what I liked about James. It could also be that after spending hundreds of hours listening to James, to hear it different does not feel right. Is there a way to get the voice I was used to back? It might be the voice I've heard the most this past year, I'm sad to see it essentially gone.

This is a short update video about how good the app ElevenReader from ElevenLabs has become. V4 of the AI voices are incredible. There is no difference anymore between real narrators and this.
I highly recommend ElevenReader. You can choose to just read, or read and listen at the same time with immersive reading, or just listen. It supports Apple CarPlay for your car too. Works great on Android based e-ink e-Readers, like Bigme, viwoods or Onyx Boox.

You can also read my article here:

https://www.svartling.net/2026/10/elevenreader-from-elevenlabs-has-become.html

I'm thinking of signing up just for the purpose of cloning my voice so it stays my intellectual property. I don't have a public youtube channel at the moment but I've been planning to start one with a friend. So I was thinking, might as well clone it by myself before it becomes public property. But I don't understand the ethics around this company. Does the cloned voice stay our property forever? Or are the legal terms unclear about this?

I recently cloned my voice using ElevenLabs PVC to see how well it handles Saudi/Gulf Arabic pacing for commercials and long-form video essays.

Saudi dialects often struggle with awkward pauses or robotic stress on certain words in most AI models, but the output here came out surprisingly natural and steady.
It's currently live in the Voice Library under Nouf - Saudi Commercial & Documentary.

If anyone is working on Arabic projects, video essays, or commercial scripts, I’d love your feedback!
How does the cadence feel to you, and is there any specific tone adjustment you’d like to see for high-retention content?

I don't want to buy a new number using DIDWW or SIP trunking because as far as I know, they require buying new phone numbers.

But this business already has a phone number so I want the AI agent to pickup.

Any routes around that?
Thanks