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VerbalizeIt Powers These Fine Applications
Businesses and developers use the VerbalizeIt API to power their applications with human translation
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Small business owners can now instantly add VerbalizeIt translators to their overseas Skype conversations
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TripLingo empowers its international customers to travel with confidence using VerbalizeIt's live translation API
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MenuBolt leverages the VerbalizeIt text translation API to make restaurant menus accessible to international visitors
Live Voice Interpretation by Phone
To integrate an interpreter by phone, you'll create a Translation Request. This is a record of your call we use to identify you. The request returns a VerbalizeIt phone number that is expecting your call.
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1. Get a list of languages
Fetch of list of the languages supported by VerbalizeIt. Languages are added regularly.
GET - https://api.verbalizeit.com/languages.(json/xml)
Parameters
auth_token xxxxx Response
[{
"name":"Spanish",
"language_code":"es"
},
{
"name":"Hindi",
"language_code":"hi"
},
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2. Request an interpreter
Create a Live Translation Request, which allows us to identify your incoming call and route it to the right language.
POST - https://api.verbalizeit.com/live_translation_requests.(json/xml)
Parameters
auth_token xxxxx language 'zh', 'hi', 'es', ... inbound_number The number you will be dialing from Response
{
"id":289,
// You have 10 minutes to call
"expires_at":"2013-05-30T19:05:31-04:00",
// Number to dial
"phone_number":"19177467539"
}And that's it! Dial this number and an interpreter will be on the line.
Live Voice Interpretation by VOIP on Twilio
VerbalizeIt supports VOIP calls using the Twilio Client library, with support for iOS, Android, or the browser. Request a Twilio capability token from the VerbalizeIt API, then start your call through Twilio.
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1. Get a list of languages
Fetch of list of the languages supported by VerbalizeIt. Languages are added regularly.
GET - https://api.verbalizeit.com/languages.(json/xml)
Parameters
auth_token xxxxx Response
[{
"name":"Spanish",
"language_code":"es"
},
{
"name":"Hindi",
"language_code":"hi"
},
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2. Create a Twilio Capability Token
Generate a code that authorized your application to call VerbalizeIt. See Twilio's documentation for more information on capability tokens.
POST https://api.verbalizeit.com/calls/capability_tokens.(json/xml)
Parameters
auth_token xxxxx Response
{
"token":"xxxx..."
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3. Call in with Twilio Client
Use the Twilio Client library to initiate your call to a VerbalizeIt interpreter.
Parameters
auth_token xxxxx language 'zh', 'hi', 'es', ... And that's it! An interpreter will be on the line.
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