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Translations

Turn audio into text or text into audio.

Create translation
POST/audio/translations
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Translation object { text }
text: string
TranslationCreateResponse = Translation { text } or TranslationVerbose { duration, language, text, segments }
One of the following:
Translation object { text }
text: string
TranslationVerbose object { duration, language, text, segments }
duration: number

The duration of the input audio.

formatdouble
language: string

The language of the output translation (always english).

text: string

The translated text.

segments: optional array of TranscriptionSegment { id, avg_logprob, compression_ratio, 7 more }

Segments of the translated text and their corresponding details.

id: number

Unique identifier of the segment.

avg_logprob: number

Average logprob of the segment. If the value is lower than -1, consider the logprobs failed.

formatfloat
compression_ratio: number

Compression ratio of the segment. If the value is greater than 2.4, consider the compression failed.

formatfloat
end: number

End time of the segment in seconds.

formatdouble
no_speech_prob: number

Probability of no speech in the segment. If the value is higher than 1.0 and the avg_logprob is below -1, consider this segment silent.

formatfloat
seek: number

Seek offset of the segment.

start: number

Start time of the segment in seconds.

formatdouble
temperature: number

Temperature parameter used for generating the segment.

formatfloat
text: string

Text content of the segment.

tokens: array of number

Array of token IDs for the text content.

TranslationVerbose object { duration, language, text, segments }
duration: number

The duration of the input audio.

formatdouble
language: string

The language of the output translation (always english).

text: string

The translated text.

segments: optional array of TranscriptionSegment { id, avg_logprob, compression_ratio, 7 more }

Segments of the translated text and their corresponding details.

id: number

Unique identifier of the segment.

avg_logprob: number

Average logprob of the segment. If the value is lower than -1, consider the logprobs failed.

formatfloat
compression_ratio: number

Compression ratio of the segment. If the value is greater than 2.4, consider the compression failed.

formatfloat
end: number

End time of the segment in seconds.

formatdouble
no_speech_prob: number

Probability of no speech in the segment. If the value is higher than 1.0 and the avg_logprob is below -1, consider this segment silent.

formatfloat
seek: number

Seek offset of the segment.

start: number

Start time of the segment in seconds.

formatdouble
temperature: number

Temperature parameter used for generating the segment.

formatfloat
text: string

Text content of the segment.

tokens: array of number

Array of token IDs for the text content.