I am still here, and the change in that we removed the model description because it is not supported by multilingualV2

main.py

@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ def transcribe_audio(audio_path: str, audio_bytes: bytes) -> str:
 
 def generate_elevenlabs_sync(text: str) -> bytes:
     """
-    Uses the **hard-coded voice ID** and the correct SDK method
-    `client.text_to_speech.convert`.
+    Uses the hard-coded voice ID and the correct SDK method.
+    NOTE: `model` parameter is REMOVED in SDK v2.17.0+
     """
     if client_elevenlabs is None:
         logging.error("ElevenLabs client not initialized – skipping TTS.")
@@ -192,10 +192,9 @@ def generate_elevenlabs_sync(text: str) -> bytes:
             stream = client_elevenlabs.text_to_speech.convert(
                 voice_id=ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID,
                 text=text,
-                model="eleven_multilingual_v2",
                 output_format="mp3_44100_128",
+                # model="eleven_multilingual_v2"  ← REMOVED
             )
-            # The SDK returns a generator of bytes – collect everything
             audio_bytes = b""
             for chunk in stream:
                 if chunk: