---
title: "Create A New Speaker"
method: POST
path: "/v1/dubbing/resource/{dubbing_id}/speaker"
tags: ["dubbing", "resource", "segment", "enterprise"]
deprecated: true
---

# Create A New Speaker

`POST /v1/dubbing/resource/{dubbing_id}/speaker`

## 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`
- Auth: none declared

> **Deprecated.**

Creates a new speaker in a dubbing resource. The speaker is added to every available language and can optionally be associated with an ElevenLabs voice and voice settings.

## Path parameters

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

## 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

- BodyCreateANewSpeakerV1DubbingResourceDubbingIdSpeakerPost
  - `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].

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- SpeakerCreatedResponse
  - `version` integer, required
  - `speaker_id` string, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-06-08** `37fac3c5a2d7`: 1 info
  - endpoint deprecated
- **2026-02-08** `5b595807512c`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

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

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