ElevenLabs Dubbing v2 Adds Accent and Audio Controls for Video Localization

ElevenLabs has introduced Dubbing v2 , a rearchitected AI dubbing model built to retain a speaker's emotion, delivery, and timing while translating content across more than 90 languages. The update expands the company’s localization proposition beyond a basic language replacement: its documented controls cover dialect-specific accents, multi-speaker material, and background audio management for more complex video and audio scenes. According to ElevenLabs’ Dubbing v2 announcement , the model is designed for creators, marketers, studios, and broadcasters that need to localize video at production scale. It is integrated with ElevenCreative for one-click video localization and ElevenProductions, the company’s professional localization service. The central goal is preserving the original performance rather than simply generating translated speech. That matters for material in which pacing, vocal emphasis, and emotional delivery are part of the message, including marketing campaigns, creator videos, and professionally produced programming. Dubbing v2 is intended to synchronize translated dialogue with the source speaker’s timing and delivery across its supported languages. What Dubbing v2 changes for localization workflows The most practical additions are the controls documented for ElevenLabs' dubbing workflow. They give teams more ways to shape a dub around the source material and the intended audience, particularly when a project includes regional language variation or a mix of dialogue and sound. Localization need Dubbing v2 capability Documented control or workflow Regional language variation Dialect-specific accent selection target_accent , marked experimental Scenes with several voices Multi-speaker dubbing num_speakers Music, effects, or ambient sound Background audio management foreground_audio_file , background_audio_file , and drop_background_audio End-to-end video localization Integrated production workflows ElevenCreative and ElevenProductions For Spanish-lan