Chinese Podcast Transcriber & Translator

A command-line tool that automatically transcribes Chinese podcasts and translates them to English.

It's not perfect, but it works ;)

Features

• Audio Processing: Converts various audio formats to optimized WAV
• Speech Recognition: Uses Vosk for accurate Chinese speech recognition
• Translation: Automatically translates Chinese text to English
• Progress Tracking: Shows real-time progress during long operations
• Timestamps: Preserves timing information in transcripts

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/chinese-podcast-transcriber.git
cd chinese-podcast-transcriber

# Install dependencies
pip install vosk transformers tqdm

# Download Vosk Chinese model
wget https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-cn-0.22.zip
unzip vosk-model-cn-0.22.zip
mv vosk-model-cn-0.22 model-cn

Make sure FFmpeg is installed on your system.

Usage

Basic usage:

python translate-podcasts.py your-podcast.mp3

Advanced options:

python translate-podcasts.py your-podcast.mp3 \
    --model_path path/to/model \
    --transcript_file chinese_output.txt \
    --translated_file english_output.txt \
    --batch_size 15 \
    --verbose

Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• FFmpeg
• Vosk
• Transformers
• tqdm

License

• GNU Affero General Public License v3.0