From e12621456ffd6b9a5465ba21cc77be76bffccde7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayur Sirwani <64443117+mayurdd@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 18:04:08 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Adding include_language_detection to Elevenlabs Realtime STT

Adding a param to the config while connecting to the session
---
 src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/stt.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/stt.py
index 5fa04d1c1f..c9664a66fe 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/stt.py
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ class InputParams(BaseModel):
         min_silence_duration_ms: Optional[int] = None
         include_timestamps: bool = False
         enable_logging: bool = False
+        include_language_detection: bool = False
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -640,6 +641,9 @@ async def _connect_websocket(self):
             if self._params.enable_logging:
                 params.append(f"enable_logging={str(self._params.enable_logging).lower()}")
 
+            if self._params.include_language_detection:
+                params.append(f"include_language_detection={str(self._params.include_language_detection).lower()}")
+
             # Add VAD parameters if using VAD commit strategy and values are specified
             if self._params.commit_strategy == CommitStrategy.VAD:
                 if self._params.vad_silence_threshold_secs is not None: