Pronunciation control via Pronunciation Dictionaries using alias rules (<lexeme><grapheme>…</grapheme><alias>…</alias></lexeme>). Phoneme (<phoneme …>) rules are not supported on Turbo v2.5. (elevenlabs.io)
It does not support phoneme tags; those work only on Flash v2, Turbo v2, and English v1. (elevenlabs.io)
Conversational AI:
Turbo v2.5 is a supported model family for Conversational AI agents. (elevenlabs.io)
You can use Pronunciation Dictionaries with agents; in Conversational AI the phoneme function works only with Turbo v2, while alias rules work with all models (so on Turbo v2.5 you should use alias). (elevenlabs.io)
Conversational AI also supports XML voice-switching tags (<VOICE_LABEL>…</VOICE_LABEL>) when you enable multi-voice; this is separate from SSML and works regardless of model family. (elevenlabs.io)
Notes
The docs explicitly document <break> for Speech Synthesis/API; they don’t specifically call out <break> inside Conversational AI prompts. If you need pauses in agents today, rely on voice Speed settings and/or alias/dictionary techniques, and test <break> in your setup. (elevenlabs.io, help.elevenlabs.io)
References
Controls (prompting best practices, including <break> and model support for phoneme/alias) — ElevenLabs Docs. (elevenlabs.io)
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