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# How to choose the right model

ElevenLabs offers a range of models optimised for different requirements. The right choice depends on your use case, latency requirements, and quality expectations. Refer to the [models reference](/docs/overview/models) for full specifications.

## By requirement

#### Quality

Use `eleven_v4`

The flagship model with the highest fidelity, richest emotional expression, and broadest language support.

#### Low-latency

Use `eleven_v4_turbo`

Optimised for real-time applications with \~100ms latency.

## By use case

#### Content creation

Use `eleven_v4`

Ideal for professional content, audiobooks, and video narration.

#### Conversational agents

Use `eleven_v4_turbo` for the most expressive delivery, or `eleven_flash_v2_5` and `eleven_flash_v2` for the lowest latency.

Use the 2.5 model for language support outside of English.

Optimised for real-time conversational applications.

#### Transcription

Use `scribe_v2` for batch transcription, `scribe_v2_medical` for medical and clinical audio, or
`scribe_v2_realtime` for real-time transcription.

State-of-the-art accuracy across 90+ languages with speaker diarisation and word-level timestamps.

#### Voice changer

Use `eleven_multilingual_sts_v2`

Specialised for Speech-to-Speech conversion.

## Next steps

#### [Models](/docs/overview/models)

View full model specifications, latency benchmarks, and feature comparisons.

#### [Latency optimization](/docs/eleven-api/guides/how-to/best-practices/latency-optimization)

Reduce time-to-first-audio with model selection, voice choice, and geographic routing.

> ElevenLabs provides APIs and SDKs for text to speech, voice cloning, speech to text, sound effects, voice isolator, voice changer, and conversational AI agents. Build voice-enabled applications with lifelike audio generation.