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ImTranslator lets you translate from English to one of over 23 languages. There are many alternatives available, depending on your needs. Read on to learn more.

ImTranslator lets you translate from English to one of over 23 languages. For language translation, it’s a great tool, because it’s available online in your browser or as an extension. It’s a free extension, too, so you can add it as a Firefox extension or Opera extension without paying anything.

Adding it to your toolbar is simple, and you can use the translation service to handle back and forward translation with just a push of the button. It includes a virtual keyboard and lets you see your translation history in both languages, so you can keep track of what you’ve done so far.

That being said, there are alternatives to ImTranslator depending on what you’re trying to do. For example, you can use voice recognition programs on Android, iOS, and Mac if you want instant voice translation rather than text-to-speech capabilities.

Text-to-speech online translator 

ImTranslator is a good text-to-speech tool. It handles back translation and allows you to use keyboard shortcuts.

English machine learning 

ImTranslator isn’t the only tool that exists out there today, though. For instance, the best translator software is reportedly DeepL Translate, which uses AI machine learning.

Voice recognition programs

ImTranslator does not have voice recognition, which is one of the things that sets it apart from other translation providers. It largely focuses on translating text, and there is no input for verbal voice recognition.

Comparatively, there are voice recognition programs that you can use to directly translate vocal language to text. Some of the best translators available include Google Translate, which is also free and has 103 languages, iTranslate Voice 3 with 42 languages, SayHi, which has 90 languages, Microsoft Translator, which can be used on iOS, Android, and on Microsoft systems, TripLingo, which contains slang phrases, too, and others.

Whether you want to learn Portuguese, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Italian, or some other language, these apps can quickly help you translate content and improve your communication with speakers of other languages.

Speechify

Speechify is a text-to-speech (TTS) reader that helps you listen to translated content in the language of your choice. It won’t translate the content, but you can use it together with a program like ImTranslator to read a foreign language in a natural-sounding HD voice that you can easily understand.

When studying a language or translating content, you will appreciate how Speechify allows you to switch from one HD voice to another and read the content naturally in English, Spanish, or one of over 50 other languages.

Additionally, if you want to listen to the content faster, you can speed up Speechify. Listen two or three times faster than you could read, for example, to save time and get more done.

Speechify also works on screenshots, so if you take a screenshot of a text in your target language, it will convert that text to speech for you. You can simply sit back and relax as you listen to the content you’re interested in.

Quick translators  

If you don’t want to us ImTranslator, you have some other options. You can use Google Translate, for example, to quickly convert text to speech and speech to text in foreign languages. On Apple devices, you can use the translate app to almost instantly convert speech to text and text to speech between languages. Even better, some apps now listen to your audio in the foreign language, translate it, and then read it back to you in the target language.

If you want to find out more about quick translators that can ready to you, perform a quick search on Bing. Some of these programs work as pop-up programs. Others are open source projects that get better over time thanks to AI and machine learning.

Then, when you’re ready to read the content out, you can use Speechify to convert text to audio in the target language. Choose an HD voice with the correct accent and cantor, too, so you can listen to a realistic voice as you enjoy the content.

FAQ

What can I use instead of translation?

There are many tools you can use instead of translating content manually or with IM Translator. Some of the other web pages and add-on features you may want to explore include:

  • Google Translate
  • iTranslate
  • Linguess
  • Memsource
  • Babylon Translator
  • Microsoft Translator
  • Reverso Translation

Each of these can help you translate content at the push of a button, whether you’re trying to learn Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, or another language.

You may want to try these instead of ImTranslator if you have specific needs, such as learning a new dialect of a language you’ve already studied or finding out more about the current slang being used in one of your future destinations. You may also want to decide on a program available as a smartwatch, tablet, or smartphone app rather than a browser extension if you’ll be traveling and in need of translation on the go.

What is ImTranslator?

ImTranslator is a web-based tool that has multiple add-on extensions for Opera, Google Chrome, Firefox, and Yandex. It can be used on your browser and quickly translates content (backwards or forwards).

ImTranslator takes your selected text (ctrl+c to copy it, ctrl+v to paste it) and converts it to the language of your choice. It has a text-to-speech process, too, so it can read out the content to you once it has been translated.

Whether you’re using iOS, Linux, Mozilla Firefox, or another system or browser, you can access ImTranslator quickly and easily to get started.

For more information, you can visit about.imtranslator to download the translation app and see all of the forms of the free software that are currently available for instant translation support.

What is the most accurate text translator?

DeepL Translate is a translation tool known as the world’s most accurate text translator. It uses advanced AI machine translation technology to produce accurate translations of content. DeepL reportedly outperforms other translation applications by a factor of 3:1. It is often used by corporations and businesses that require accurate translations between languages.

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Cliff Weitzman

Cliff Weitzman

Cliff Weitzman is a dyslexia advocate and the CEO and founder of Speechify, the #1 text-to-speech app in the world, totaling over 100,000 5-star reviews and ranking first place in the App Store for the News & Magazines category. In 2017, Weitzman was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for his work making the internet more accessible to people with learning disabilities. Cliff Weitzman has been featured in EdSurge, Inc., PC Mag, Entrepreneur, Mashable, among other leading outlets.