Google Translate TTS API blocked

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ginsengtang picture ginsengtang · Aug 17, 2015 · Viewed 33.6k times · Source

Google implemented a captcha to block people from accessing the TTS translate API https://translate.google.com/translate_tts?ie=UTF-8&q=test&tl=zh-TW. I was using it in my mobile application. Now, it is not returning anything. How do I get around the captcha?

Answer

ginsengtang picture ginsengtang · Aug 17, 2015

Add the qualifier '&client=tw-ob' to the end of your query. https://translate.google.com/translate_tts?ie=UTF-8&q=test&tl=zh-TW&client=tw-ob

This answer no longer works consistently. Your ip address will be blocked by google temporarily if you abuse this too much.

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