Technical settings for testing voices and video. The defaults are recommended.
Face width
100%
Reset
Face height
100%
Reset
Portrait video
Simli live video
Still portrait (no video)
No portrait
Moving portrait
Anam (default)
Simli
Still picture (no movement)
No portrait
Video model (Simli)
fasttalk (Simli's default)
artalk (alternative lip movement)
German titles & terms in English answers
Pronunciation dictionary (default)
As written: German in German; if the English is given too, just the English
Titles in English, music terms in German
Everything by its English name (smoothest)
Phonetic spelling
Respelled for an English voice (older method)
As written, in one piece — the voice handles the German itself
Pause at a paragraph end (Cartesia)
Just the full stop — nothing extra sent to the voice
Extra half-second pause tag
Keep one voice per answer (Cartesia)
On — a piece in his other voice is made again; if that fails, its tone is filtered to match
On, but without the tone filter
Off — use every piece as it comes
Model
eleven_multilingual_v2 (default for the ElevenLabs voice)
eleven_turbo_v2_5 (older name of flash v2.5)
eleven_flash_v2_5 (fast)
eleven_v3 (most expressive, not real-time)
eleven_v3_conversational (expressive + real-time)
eleven_v4 (newest; may sound British)
eleven_v4_turbo (newest, fast; may sound British)
sonic-3.6 (Cartesia — default)
sonic-3.5 (Cartesia)
sonic-3 (Cartesia, January 2026 version)
sonic-2 (Cartesia — no emotion/speed controls)
Cartesia emotion (overrides the server's setting)
Auto — vary per sentence (can change his voice mid-answer)
Steady — one tone for the whole answer
neutral
happy
excited
enthusiastic
elated
euphoric
triumphant
amazed
surprised
flirtatious
curious
content
peaceful
serene
calm
grateful
affectionate
trust
sympathetic
anticipation
mysterious
angry
mad
outraged
frustrated
agitated
threatened
disgusted
contempt
envious
sarcastic
ironic
sad
dejected
melancholic
disappointed
hurt
guilty
bored
tired
rejected
nostalgic
wistful
apologetic
hesitant
insecure
confused
resigned
anxious
panicked
alarmed
scared
proud
confident
distant
skeptical
contemplative
determined
Cartesia speed (overrides the server's setting)
server default
0.80
0.85
0.90
0.95
1.00
1.05
1.10
ElevenLabs variability (higher = more expressive, less consistent)
voice's dashboard setting
low (steady)
medium
high (expressive)
very high (wild)
ElevenLabs speed
voice's dashboard setting
0.85
0.90
0.95
1.00
1.05
1.10
