---
title: "Update Metadata For A Speaker"
method: PATCH
path: "/v1/dubbing/resource/{dubbing_id}/speaker/{speaker_id}"
tags: ["dubbing", "resource", "segment", "enterprise"]
deprecated: true
---

# Update Metadata For A Speaker

`PATCH /v1/dubbing/resource/{dubbing_id}/speaker/{speaker_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.elevenlabs.io` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/dubbing/resource/{dubbing_id}/speaker/{speaker_id}`
- Auth: none declared

> **Deprecated.**

Amend the metadata associated with a speaker, such as their voice. Both voice cloning and using voices from the ElevenLabs library are supported.

## Path parameters

- `dubbing_id` string, required: ID of the dubbing project.
- `speaker_id` string, required: ID of the speaker.

## Headers

- `xi-api-key` string, nullable: Your API key. This is required by most endpoints to access our API programmatically. You can view your xi-api-key using the 'Profile' tab on the website.

## Request body

- BodyUpdateMetadataForASpeakerV1DubbingResourceDubbingIdSpeakerSpeakerIdPatch
  - `speaker_name` string, nullable: Name to attribute to this speaker.
  - `voice_id` string, nullable: Either the identifier of a voice from the ElevenLabs voice library, or one of ['track-clone', 'clip-clone'].
  - `voice_stability` number, nullable: For models that support it, the voice similarity value to use. This will default to 0.65, with a valid range of [0.0, 1.0].
  - `voice_similarity` number, nullable: For models that support it, the voice similarity value to use. This will default to 1.0, with a valid range of [0.0, 1.0].
  - `voice_style` number, nullable: For models that support it, the voice style value to use. This will default to 1.0, with a valid range of [0.0, 1.0].
  - `languages` string[], nullable: Languages to apply these changes to. If empty, will apply to all languages.

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- SpeakerUpdatedResponse
  - `version` integer, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-06-08** `37fac3c5a2d7`: 1 info
  - endpoint deprecated
- **2026-02-08** `5b595807512c`: 5 info
  - api operation id `Update_metadata_for_a_speaker_v1_dubbing_resource__dubbing_id__speaker__speaker_id__patch` removed and replaced with `update_speaker`
  - added the new optional request property `speaker_name`
  - added the new optional request property `voice_similarity`
  - added the new optional request property `voice_stability`
  - …1 more
- **2025-05-16** `503db4198a44`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/elevenlabs/apis/elevenlabs-api-documentation/changes/v1/dubbing/resource/:dubbing_id/speaker/:speaker_id/patch.md)

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