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Raspberry Pi Portable Voice Translator

Who said that you need the help of a live translator when traveling? This device under development by Tyler translates what you say in most spoken languages in the world instantly and accurately. It boasts a small OLED display to show transalated text and a speaker that reads it out loud!


About this project:

  • Translate speech in most spoken languages (speech-to-text)

  • Display the translation on the OLED display

  • Read out the translation (text-to-speech)

  • LED indicator

  • Portable battery support

Age: 10+

Category: Maker&Electronics

Hours: 10+ hours

Language: Python


What to learn:

  • Linux Commands Basics

  • Command to Record audio

  • Text-to-speech

  • Play audio with VLC using Python

  • Circuit wiring

  • Using a button, LED with Raspberrypi

  • Using a OLED display

  • Python Voice Recognition

  • Python translation

  • Import python files

  • Software troubleshooting

  • 3D Design


How it works:

The device runs on Raspberry Pi Zero 2W, a single-board computer with LINUX operation system. It records audio through a USB microphone when the record button is pressed. Once the button is released, the translated text/audio will be printed/played. There is a SWITCH button to choose your mother tongue and POWER button to turn the device on/off.


Demo Video (Prototype):


Demo Video (Final version):




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