Web Captioner Translator

This is a proof-of-concept repository that converts transcribed captions generated by Web Captioner into other languages using the Google Scripts API.

Setup

To use this script, you need to prepare NodeJS, Web Captioner, and a Google Script Project.

Google Apps Script

Open https://script.google.com/ and create a new project

Delete all text and paste the following code into the new script:

// This script receives the text to be translated, the original language and the destination language
// It calls google translator and returns the translated text.
// As found on https://github.com/tanabee/google-translation-api/blob/master/code.js

function doGet(e) {
var p = e.parameter;
var translatedText = LanguageApp.translate(p.text, p.source, p.target);
return ContentService.createTextOutput(translatedText);
}

Save the project
Select Deploy, then New deployment and create a Web App
Save the Deployment ID, it will be used later

NodeJS server

Make sure you have a reasonably recent version of node and npm installed. To install all dependencies, run:

npm install

Set up your configuration options (deployment ID, source and target languages) in index.js.

To start the server, run:

npm start

You can then access the generated page at http://address:3000/index.html. This page provides a transparent background, allowing easy integration with OBS Studio and other broadcasting software.

Web Captioner

In webcaptioner.com, go to the Settings into the Channels option, and enable a Webhook. Configure the webhook with the following options:

URL: http://address:3000/hook
Chunking: A suitable number of words for each subtitle. A number between 10-30 should work depending on the content.

Usage

After having configured all of the above, subtitles should start updating at:

http://address:3000/

Similar projects

OBS-live-translation, which was an inspiration for this project

kongr45gpen / webcaptioner-translator