Short answer: this is expected. In ElevenLabs Studio (and Dubbing Studio), the on‑screen text/captions are the source for the speech. When you edit that text and then play/generate, Studio creates new audio for the edited segment and overwrites the prior take.
Changing the text makes the next play/generate a new generation (it also consumes credits), so your previous audio gets replaced. (help.elevenlabs.io)
This isn’t Auto‑Regenerate; Auto‑Regenerate only runs during full‑chapter/project export, not when you press Play. (help.elevenlabs.io)
Ways to keep or get back your original audio:
Lock the paragraph once you’re happy with it to prevent further changes/regenerations. (help.elevenlabs.io)
If it already changed, open Generation History for that paragraph and Restore the previous generation. (help.elevenlabs.io)
If your goal is to adjust captions without altering audio, ElevenLabs doesn’t document an “edit captions only” mode in Studio. In Dubbing, you can export captions as SRT and edit them externally (separate from audio). (help.elevenlabs.io)
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