#i have a voice i created with a thick Mexican accent. However, in Text to Speach the accent is gett

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lament swallowBOT
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AI-generated Answer for avermhir

Here are the most reliable ways to keep a strong Mexican accent in Text to Speech:

  • Train the voice on the same language you plan to generate. Accent comes from the voice itself; you’ll get the most consistent accent if your clone was trained on audio in the target language with that accent (e.g., English read with a Mexican accent for English output, or Spanish from Mexico for Spanish output). Otherwise the accent can drift or “normalize.” (help.elevenlabs.io)

  • Avoid English‑only models for non‑English (or mixed) content. If you’re hearing an English tilt, switch to a multilingual model such as Multilingual v2 or Flash v2.5;

sly gyro
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So to get the best accent I should prompt the Text to Voice with Spanish language preview text? "Train the voice on the same language you plan to generate. Accent comes from the voice itself; you’ll get the most consistent accent if your clone was trained on audio in the target language with that accent (e.g., English read with a Mexican accent for English output, or Spanish from Mexico for Spanish output). Otherwise the accent can drift or “normalize.” (help.elevenlabs.io)"?

lament swallowBOT
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AI-generated Answer for avermhir

Short answer: No. Accent comes from the voice’s training data, not from using Spanish “preview text.”

What to do instead

  • Use a voice trained on the same language and accent you plan to generate. If you want Spanish with a Mexican accent, use a voice cloned from Spanish (Mexico) audio; if you want English spoken with a Mexican accent, use a voice cloned from English audio delivered with that accent. Avoid mixing languages in one prompt. On the website, language is auto‑detected from your text; via API you can set language_code (e.g., "es") to lock normalization, but this does not change accent. (help.elevenlabs.io)
  • Default and Voice Design voices are English; if you use them for other languages, they may carry an English accent. To get a proper accent, clone a voice in the target language/accent or pick a Professional Voice Clone tagged for that language/accent in the Voice Library. (help.elevenlabs.io)
  • If your current clone loses the accent, you can’t “prompt” it back in; you need to adjust the training data (more/better samples in the desired language/accent) or use Professional Voice Cloning for strongest accent fidelity. (help.elevenlabs.io)
  • If you specifically need Spanish (Mexico), it’s an officially supported PVC language. (help.elevenlabs.io)

So: write Spanish text only when you want Spanish output; for English output with a Mexican accent keep the text in English and use a voice trained for that accent. Using Spanish “preview text” won’t strengthen accent on an English generation. (help.elevenlabs.io)

Sources:
How do I select the language and accent? – ElevenLabs
What default voice accents do you have? – ElevenLabs
Why does my voice or accent not sound correct after cloning? – ElevenLabs
What languages are supported with Professional Voice Cloning (PVC)? – ElevenLabs
How do I select the language and accent? – ElevenLabs

sly gyro
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I'm using the Text To Voice Feature not the Voice built with training Audio.

lament swallowBOT
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AI-generated Answer for avermhir

Thanks for clarifying. If you’re using Text to Voice (i.e., Default voices or Voice Design) rather than a voice trained on audio, here’s what’s officially supported:

  • Default and Voice Design voices are English voices. When used for other languages, they can introduce an English accent, and there’s no setting to “force” a different native accent. For a reliable Mexican accent, use a voice that was trained in that language/accent (clone or a Professional Voice Clone). (help.elevenlabs.io)
  • Accent comes from the voice; language comes from your text. On the website the language is auto‑detected, so avoid mixing languages in one prompt. Via API you can set language_code to disambiguate short/ambiguous text. (help.elevenlabs.io)
  • If you need a strong Mexican accent without training your own: use the Voice Library and filter by language then accent (e.g., Spanish → Mexican). These Professional Voice Clones are native to the tagged language and will preserve accent more consistently. Add the voice to My Voices and generate TTS with it. (help.elevenlabs.io)
  • Ensure you’re on a multilingual model for Spanish. Using an English‑only model (e.g., Flash v2, Turbo v2, English v1) can cause English‑accent output; switch to a multilingual model such as Flash v2.5 or v3. (help.elevenlabs.io)
  • If you stay with Voice Design: you can describe the accent in the prompt, but Voice Design is experimental and PVCs provide higher quality/consistency for accents. (help.elevenlabs.io)

If you want, tell me whether your script is in Spanish or English-with-Mexican-accent, and which model you’re using; I can suggest exact steps (web UI or API) aligned with the above. (help.elevenlabs.io)

Sources:
What default voice accents do you have? – ElevenLabs
How do I select the language and accent? – ElevenLabs
What is the Voice Library? – ElevenLabs
Why does my voice change accent or language? – ElevenLabs
What is Voice Design? – ElevenLabs
How do I select the language and accent? – ElevenLabs

sly gyro
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if have a voice trained with a Text to Voice prompt that uses Spanish in the Preview text and i have that voice speak english will it be with a accent or will I lose the accent?