curl -X PATCH 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/dubbing/project/project-id/language/language-id/transcript/segments' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "segments": {}
}'

# PATCH /v1/dubbing/project/{project_id}/language/{language_id}/transcript/segments (ElevenLabs API)
Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Update Dubbing Target Transcript Segments

## Critical Gotchas
* Authentication uses the non-standard `xi-api-key` header, not `Authorization: Bearer`. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.
* Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (`--output speech.mp3`) rather than parsing it.

## cURL
curl -X PATCH 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/dubbing/project/project-id/language/language-id/transcript/segments' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"segments":{}}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| project_id | path | string | Yes | Identifier of the dubbing project. |
| language_id | path | string | Yes | Identifier of the language target. |
| segments | body | object | Yes | Map of segment ID to the translation edit to apply to tha... |

## Response (200 OK)
{"segments":[{}],"revision":0}

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PATCH /v1/dubbing/project/{project_id}/language/{language_id}/transcript/segments — ElevenLabs API

ElevenLabs API

Update Dubbing Target Transcript Segments

Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

Actions Try in browser→

Agents: curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" this URL
→ 219 tokens · Vary: Accept

Critical gotchas

Authentication uses the non-standard xi-api-key header, not Authorization: Bearer. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.

Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (--output speech.mp3) rather than parsing it.

cURL

curl -X PATCH 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/dubbing/project/project-id/language/language-id/transcript/segments' \  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "segments": {}}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
project_id	path	string	Yes	Identifier of the dubbing project.
language_id	path	string	Yes	Identifier of the language target.
segments	body	object	Yes	Map of segment ID to the translation edit to apply to that segment. At least one entry and at most 500.

Response 200 OK

{
  "segments": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "speaker_id": "string",
      "start_s": 0,
      "end_s": 0,
      "source_text": "string",
      "translation": "string"
    }
  ],
  "revision": 0
}

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