What is the Media Translation API?
The Media Translation API is an AI powered service for real time speech translation on Google Cloud. It combines automatic speech recognition with machine translation to simultaneously translate spoken content into other languages.
The service processes audio streams with low latency and delivers translated subtitles or audio output. Integration with other media services enables complete video localization pipelines.
Core Features
- Real time translation of audio streams
- Support for dozens of language pairs
- Streaming API for low latency
- Integration with Live Stream API and Transcoder
- Continuous improvement through ML
Common Use Cases
Live Conferences: Simultaneous translation for international events. Participants receive subtitles in their language without human interpreters. Scales automatically for thousands of viewers.
Video Localization: Automatic subtitling for video content in various languages. Reduces localization costs and time to market for international markets.
Education: Automatically translate lectures and courses into student languages. Enables global educational offerings without manual translation efforts.
Benefits
- Real time processing for live applications
- Scales automatically without capacity planning
- Google’s leading translation quality
- Seamless integration with media services
Integration with innFactory
As a Google Cloud partner, innFactory supports you with the Media Translation API: architecture for live translation, integration with streaming pipelines, and custom model training.
Available Tiers & Options
Standard
- Fully managed
- Real time translation
- Many language pairs
- Pricing by audio duration
Typical Use Cases
Technical Specifications
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Media Translation API?
The Media Translation API translates spoken language in real time into other languages. It combines speech to text with machine translation for live applications.
Which languages are supported?
The API supports dozens of language pairs including German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese, and many more. The list is continuously expanded.
Does translation work in real time?
Yes, the API processes audio streams in real time with low latency. This enables live subtitling and simultaneous translation for conferences.
How is quality ensured?
The API uses Google's neural translation models that are continuously trained. Custom models can be trained for specialized domains.
What does the Media Translation API cost?
Billing is based on processed audio duration in minutes. Prices vary by language pair. Details are available in the Google Cloud pricing list.
