ElevenLabs v4 Sounds Too Real

By Olufemii
Published: Nov 01, 2026

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ElevenLabs just released Eleven v4, and it can act. You type tags like [laughs] or [said angrily] right into the script and the voice performs them. In this episode I cover what v4 actually does, what it costs, how it compares to Adobe’s Generate Speech in Firefly, and the three ways I’d use it to make money as a freelance editor, including what to put in your contract before you clone anyone’s voice.

Would you offer AI voiceover to your clients? And what would you charge for it? Tell me in the comments.

Chapters
0:00 VO to come
0:24 Voices that act
0:47 What it costs
0:59 Adobe’s version
1:21 What I’d do

What I’d do with it

Put a temp voiceover on every first cut.
Offer translated versions as a line item, priced per language, and pay a native speaker to check every one.
Put voice in your contract: whose voice it is, what it’s for, how long you can use it, and that the clone gets deleted when the job is done. (I’m not a lawyer, so get yours to look at it.)

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