From bedfdedc60a483de2749c5b403fb563b21378098 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hamza-Ayed <hamzaayedflutter@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 16:55:53 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify ElevenLabs payload and set Rachel as default voice

---
 backend/.env.example                   |  2 +-
 backend/app/Services/GeminiService.php |  7 +------
 backend/public/test_elevenlabs.php     | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/.env.example b/backend/.env.example
index fb586db..065294b 100644
--- a/backend/.env.example
+++ b/backend/.env.example
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ DB_PASSWORD=
 # AI Model Configuration
 GEMINI_API_KEY=
 ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=
-ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID=
+ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID=EXAVITQu4vr4xnSDxMaL
 
 # Messaging Gateway Settings
 WHATSAPP_GATEWAY_URL=http://localhost:3722
diff --git a/backend/app/Services/GeminiService.php b/backend/app/Services/GeminiService.php
index fad4280..8920db5 100644
--- a/backend/app/Services/GeminiService.php
+++ b/backend/app/Services/GeminiService.php
@@ -221,12 +221,7 @@ class GeminiService
         $url = 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/text-to-speech/' . $voiceId;
         
         $payload = json_encode([
-            'text' => $text,
-            'model_id' => 'eleven_multilingual_v2',
-            'voice_settings' => [
-                'stability' => 0.5,
-                'similarity_boost' => 0.8
-            ]
+            'text' => $text
         ]);
 
         $ch = curl_init($url);
diff --git a/backend/public/test_elevenlabs.php b/backend/public/test_elevenlabs.php
index cef0515..30b88c1 100644
--- a/backend/public/test_elevenlabs.php
+++ b/backend/public/test_elevenlabs.php
@@ -57,16 +57,26 @@ echo "\n--- Generating Speech with ElevenLabs ---\n";
 $testText = "مرحباً بك! أنا مساعدك الذكي من نبيه، كيف يمكنني مساعدتك اليوم؟";
 echo "Text to generate: \"{$testText}\"\n";
 
+// Test general authentication by querying ElevenLabs models list
+echo "\n--- Testing ElevenLabs General Authentication (/v1/models) ---\n";
+$modelsUrl = 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/models';
+$chModels = curl_init($modelsUrl);
+curl_setopt($chModels, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+curl_setopt($chModels, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
+    'xi-api-key: ' . $elApiKey
+]);
+$modelsResponse = curl_exec($chModels);
+$modelsHttpCode = curl_getinfo($chModels, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
+curl_close($chModels);
+
+echo "Models API HTTP Status Code: {$modelsHttpCode}\n";
+echo "Models API Response: " . substr($modelsResponse, 0, 300) . "\n\n";
+
 // Execute ElevenLabs TTS directly in this test script to get detailed error logs
 $url = 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/text-to-speech/' . $elVoiceId;
 
 $payload = json_encode([
-    'text' => $testText,
-    'model_id' => 'eleven_multilingual_v2',
-    'voice_settings' => [
-        'stability' => 0.5,
-        'similarity_boost' => 0.8
-    ]
+    'text' => $testText
 ]);
 
 echo "Sending API request to: {$url}...\n";