How to Use “Batch Translator”

Vovsoft Batch Translator supports offline and online translation engines:

• Argos Translate, which is an offline translation library
• Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services API, which can translate up to 2,000,000 characters per month for free
• IBM Cloud Language Translator API, which can translate up to 1,000,000 characters per month for free
• OpenAI API, which can translate at an extremely affordable price

👉 How to configure Argos Translate

Argos Translate is a translation library that works offline, supporting 30+ languages. Translations you make with Argos Translate may be a little slow because it uses your computer's hardware resources. Additionally, the translation quality is not as good as online APIs.

Argos Translate requires Python installation. We recommend Python 3.8.6 to avoid library incompatibilities.

After installing Python, please restart Vovsoft Batch Translator. When you click the "Translate" button for the first time, the software will install the base library, requiring approximately 1GB of storage on your computer. Moreover, the software will automatically download the language packs as needed.

👉 How to get Microsoft Azure API Key and API Region

Watch this YouTube guide to get an Azure API key: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Rl4HSZVvg

In order to get your Microsoft Azure API key and API Region, please follow the steps:

1. Go to https://portal.azure.com and create your Microsoft Azure account for free.
    
2. Click Create a resource.
    
3. Choose Cognitive Services.
    
4. After you created your Translator Service, your credentials can be found in Keys and Endpoint page: KEY1, KEY2 (any one of the keys should work) and Location/Region fields.

👉 How to get OpenAI API Key

In order to get your OpenAI API key, please follow the steps:

1. Go to https://platform.openai.com/signup and create your OpenAI account.
    
2. Get your API key: https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys

For more information about OpenAI parameters such as model, temperature and tokens, please read: https://vovsoft.com/blog/how-to-use-openai-via-api/

👉 How to get IBM Cloud API Key and API URL

In order to get your API key and API URL, please follow the steps:

1. Go to https://cloud.ibm.com/registration and create your IBM Cloud account for free.
   Please Note: If you get this error message "Your account cannot be created at this time", use your Gmail email address. It seems like IBM Watson doesn't like some email providers. So, if you have any such problems, just use another email address.
    
2. Go to https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog/services/language-translator and create your Language Translator Lite Plan instance.
    
3. Go to https://cloud.ibm.com/resources; under AI / Machine Learning tab, click on your Language Translator instance. Your credentials (API key and URL) will be displayed in Manage page.

Enter your API key and URL into the Settings panel inside Vovsoft Batch Translator. The software is now ready to translate multiple texts at once.

How to translate files using command line

In addition to the graphical user interface, Vovsoft Batch Translator supports command line arguments.

Example for single file:

Example for multiple files: