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In today's rapidly developing AI technology, video translation and dubbing software is becoming increasingly common. Utilizing AI speech recognition and AI translation technology significantly improves the efficiency and quality of multilingual video content production.

However, faced with numerous channel choices, you might feel overwhelmed and unsure which options and channels best suit your needs. To help users more easily utilize these technologies, this article is written to provide clear guidance.

This article summarizes various translation, dubbing, and speech recognition channels, categorized into free and paid options.

It also recommends the best combinations based on usage environments (such as whether or not a VPN is used), ensuring you can find the right tools in different situations.

Free Solutions ​

Translation Channels ​

  • Without VPN or Proxy

    • Top Choice: Compatible AI and Local Large Models as the translation channel. It is recommended to apply for free accounts for "Yue Zhi An Ying," "Shen Du Qiu Suo," "Zhi Pu AI," and "Bai Chuan Intelligent," and apply for SKs, filling them into the "Compatible AI and Local Large Models" section of the translation settings. The secondary choice is Microsoft Translator.

  • With VPN and Proxy

    • Top Choice: Gemini, secondary choice: Compatible AI and Local Large Models, and then Google Translate and Microsoft Translator.

Dubbing Channels ​

  • Top choice: "edge-TTS", free and requires no settings, supporting all languages.
  • When the target language is Chinese, the top choices are "GPT-SoVITS," "F5-TTS," and "CosyVoice."
  • When the target language is other languages, the top choice is "edge-TTS".

Speech Recognition Channels ​

  • When the video language is Chinese

    • Top choice: "zh_recogn Chinese recognition", this is Alibaba's funasr series Chinese model, with better performance than whisper, but requires separate deployment of the zh_recogn project.
    • Secondary choice: faster-whisper or openai-whisper (local), model selection "large-v2", speech segmentation mode selection "overall recognition," and check "Chinese re-segmentation."
    • For single-line characters in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, the default is to split every 20 characters into a subtitle, which can be modified as needed.

  • When the video language is English or other languages

    • Top choice: faster-whisper or openai-whisper (local), model selection "large-v2" or "large-v3-turbo", speech segmentation mode "overall recognition."
    • Secondary choice: Deepgram.com, provides a $200 free credit.

Note: Gemini is not available in all countries. If it prompts that the current country is not supported, please switch VPN nodes. Singapore or Japan nodes are recommended. Google Translate can also be used.

If you pursue higher translation quality, you can choose third-party paid APIs.

Translation Channels ​

  • OpenAI ChatGPT (4 series models), Gemini, 302.AI, Domestic AI (such as Yue Zhi An Ying, Shen Du Qiu Suo, Zhi Pu AI, Bai Chuan Intelligent).

Dubbing Channels ​

  • AzureTTS, ByteDance Volcano Speech Synthesis, Elevenlabs.io, OpenAI-TTS.

Speech Recognition Channels ​

  • For Chinese videos, the top choice is ByteDance Volcano Subtitle Generation.
  • For other language videos, it is recommended to use faster-whisper or openai-whisper (local) and Deepgram.com.

Best Combination Without Using VPN ​

  • Translation Channels: Domestic AI (such as Yue Zhi An Ying, Shen Du Qiu Suo, Zhi Pu AI, Bai Chuan Intelligent), Microsoft Translator.
  • Dubbing Channels: AzureTTS, edge-TTS, GPT-SoVITS, F5-TTS, CosyVoice.
  • Speech Recognition: faster-whisper or openai-whisper (local), model selection "large-v2" or "large-v3-turbo", speech segmentation mode selection "overall recognition," and check "Chinese re-segmentation."

Best Combination Without Restrictions on Payment/VPN ​

  • Translation Channels: OpenAI ChatGPT-4 series models, Gemini, Domestic AI, Google Translate, Microsoft Translator.
  • Dubbing Channels: AzureTTS/edge-TTS, ByteDance Volcano Speech Synthesis, Elevenlabs.io, OpenAI-TTS, GPT-SoVITS, F5-TTS, CosyVoice.
  • Speech Recognition: faster-whisper or openai-whisper (local)/ByteDance Volcano Subtitle Generation.

Easiest and Simplest Combination (No Proxy or Configuration Needed) ​

  • Translation Channels: Microsoft Translator (if you have a VPN and know how to use it, Google Translate is optional).
  • Dubbing Channels: edge-TTS.
  • Speech Recognition: faster-whisper (local)/medium model.

Best Speech Recognition Channels for Videos with Chinese Pronunciation ​

  • ByteDance Volcano Subtitle Generation
  • zh_recogn Chinese recognition
  • SenseVoice
  • faster-whisper (local, large-v2/large-v3-turbo model)
  • openai-whisper (local, large-v2/large-v3-turbo model)

Best Speech Recognition Channels for Videos with Other Language Pronunciation ​

  • faster-whisper
  • openai-whisper (local, large-v2/large-v3-turbo model)
  • Deepgram.com.

Best Performing Translation Channels ​

  1. OpenAI ChatGPT-4 series models
  2. Domestic AI Translation
  3. Google/DeepL
  4. Microsoft Translator/Tencent Translator/Baidu Translator