This is a vscode extension for multi-language text translation and TTS (text-to-speech) using Azure Cognitive Services.

Very Important - In order to use this extension you must have a Azure Cognitive Services account with Translator Text and Speech Service resources. If you don't have it already, get one here

• Text Translation (using V3 Translator API of Azure Cognitive Services)
• Text-to-speech (using neural TTS engine API of Azure Cognitive Services)
• Multi-Language support (See this for the detail)

You must have an Azure Cognitive Services account with a Translator Text and a Speech Services resources. If you don't have an account, please create:

• Create a Cognitive Services account

• Open the Command Palette of VS Code with Ctrl + P or Cmd + P(Mac)
• And type: ext install yokawasa.vscode-translator-voice

or find at Marketplace

Please see Extension Settings

You need to select target text in your editor to translate. Without it, you can not execute the command.

Execute TranslatorVoice: Translate command from command palette like this:

You can exectue the command with a shortcut key:CTL + Shift + T (Mac:Cmd + Shift + T) as well.

Then, translated text will be added to Output window like this:

You can disable/enable Voice feature by (1) executing TranslatorVoice: Toggle Voice command from command palette, or (2) toggling statusBarItem named Voice [enabled/disabled] like this:

Configure the extension settings through the contributes.configuration extension point.

The extension contributes the following settings:

• translatorvoice.subKeyTranslator: Subscription Key for Cognitive Translator API
• translatorvoice.subKeySpeech: Subscription Key for Cognitive Speech API
• translatorvoice.regionSpeechApi : Region for Cognitive Speech API (ex, japaneast, eastus, ...). Please refer to this page for the detail of available region for the API
• translatorvoice.targetLanguage: Target Language Code (en, fr, de, ja, zh-Hans,...). Please refer to this page for the detail of supported language code.
• translatorvoice.defaultVoiceEnabled: Whether to enabled voice capability by default: true|false
• translatorvoice.voiceGender: Default Gender for speaker (male|female)

First, open Settings editor from the following VS Code menu command or use the keyboard shortcut CTL + , (Mac: Cmd + ,).

• On Windows/Linux - File > Preferences > Settings
• On macOS - Code > Preferences > Settings

Then, choose Translator Voice Configuration in Extensions group in User settings, and finally update the settings options above.

Please see also this page for the detail of settings.

See Change Log

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/yokawasa/vscode-translator-voice