This is a paid-addon, you must obtain an API Key, signing up for a paid subscription, or for a free trial. You will then also have access to API Keys for Awesome TTS (text to speech).
Language Tools brings the following functionality to Anki: Automated Translation with support for 133 languages Transliteration in 33 languages. For example, convert Simplified Chinese to Pinyin, convert Traditional Chinese (Cantonese) to Jyutping, convert Cyrillic alphabet to Latin. Text to Speech with support for 63 languages, with 547 voices including high quality neural-generated voices from Google, Azure, Naver, Watson.
Watch a video of Language Tools Getting started with Language Tools Full list of supported languages
Language Tools can automatically add Audio, Translations or Transliterations as you add new notes.
Need help? Please email languagetools@mail.vocab.ai.
Why is Language Tools a paid addon and not free ? this addon makes use of cloud services such as Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure to generate text to speech, translations and transliterations. These service cost money and hence this addon cannot be provided for free.
note: this add-on makes use of a REST API (online service) using the domain name anki.study. It is not affiliated with Anki or AnkiWeb. It is not an attempt to impersonate the Anki software, it simply is an internet domain name which was chosen to host the internet service required to make this add-on function.
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Reviews (30)
👍 2025-12-20
it doesnt work effciently
👍 2025-03-10
api key is bs
👍 2024-12-25
Using this for bulk translation generation, and for that purpose it is amazing by not having competition. But the whole “Language Mapping” is inconvenient as hell: it’s scan takes a lot of time, then it asks you to select each note type in each deck (so that the same note type in different decks will be shown separately), the “Transliteration” and “Audio” is somewhere deep in that mess of languages list too. The very “necessary” step, because then if you want to translate selected notes from the
👍 2024-11-17
It really helped me to have more focused study sessions, thanks.
👍 2024-08-03
great audio for even obscure languages like Amharic. Dev helped with personal issue i had that was my fault, my api key wasn’t validating cus my pc was old I’m still using windows 7. switched to windows 10 it’s fit as a fiddle now. Thx Luc! 🙏
👍 2024-07-10
The addon works very well and is easy to use. Comment from author before post was edited [9Uk91] Hi, I’ve been trying to get in touch with you. Please contact me languagetools@mailc.net, I will give you FREE 600k character credit to use premium voices.
👍 2024-06-03
Comment from author [U1l61] Hi, could you tell me what problems you are experiencing ? Please email languagetools@mailc.net
👍 2024-01-05
Been using it for more than a year and it’s awesome. The DeepL translation are my go to but I’m really hoping we can see a ChatGPT option in the future. I’ve done some minor testing and for Spanish Chat-GPT seems to be the best at handling slang. DeepL isn’t far behind but there are definitely times where it whiffs in the translation. Comment from author ChatGPT is coming very soon.. stay tuned !!
👍 2023-11-26
I am learning Mandarin Chinese at an intermediate level, and so all of the apps are too basic for me. I had been searching for a way to practice effectively, and this add-on is perfect to make the Anki flashcards I want very quickly! I am now able to learn Chinese at a fast pace and with confidence that I’m retaining the knowledge that I learn.
In case anyone is interested, here is how I use Language Tools:
- Sentence Comprehension - In Anki, I have two cards for these notes: reading comprehens
👍 2023-11-17
I can’t install this addon into My Anki version which is Version 2.1.66 (70506aeb). Comment from author [m2M07] I have been trying to contact you. Please email me languagetools@mailc.net . I also want to offer you a free reward for reporting an issue.
👍 2023-05-24
Works most of the time and made creating cards much easier
👍 2023-01-13
A really good addon, premium TTS services produce realy high value sounds.
👍 2023-01-08
It freezes when setting the “language map” feature. I’ve tried with different PCs and Anki versions but the problem remains. Comment from author [Pr639] I’m still waiting for you to contact me. Please contact me languagetools@mailc.net, I will give you FREE 600k character credit to use premium voices.
👍 2023-01-05
Haven’t been able to try it because it freezes the Anki program whenever I try to use the “language map” feature. Comment from author [r08T4] I’m still waiting for you to contact me. Please contact me languagetools@mailc.net, I will give you FREE 600k character credit to use premium voices.
👍 2022-09-26
This tool is amazing!
It becomes essential for anyone who is learning languages with Anki.
Automates the card creation process.
Now I can make my card much faster.
You will find high quality “neural” TTS! (human voice)
👍 2022-08-28
great plugin, really speeds up the process of creating your own flash cards - would recommend
👍 2022-07-10
Excellent Add-on. Good things are 1) Easier and intuitive work flow/config settings 2) Batch and multiple editing will save a lot of time.
👍 2022-07-06
Have had plans for several years now to start multiple languages at once and from scratch and reach a B1 level relatively quickly. Although it’s taken me time to master Anki’s potential, what’s been holding me back has mainly been getting easy access to quality translation and, above all, quality audio. This add-on does it all. What an excellent idea! Paying a small monthly fee seems totally reasonable to me.
👍 2022-06-27
the language tools still show could not play audio status code 401 error api key not valid Comment from author [6p1P3] Please contact me languagetools@mailc.net, I will give you FREE 600k character credit to use premium voices.
👍 2022-05-05
Excellent add on. The small price for a paid account is totally justified by the quality of the project, not to mention the fact that the APIs that provide the audio/translation etc are paid - the author of this add on would be out of pocket if he did not charge you, because google/aws/microsoft are all charging him to use their APIs.
As someone who used anki to learn languages several years ago (before tools like this), this tool is an absolute game changer.
👍 2022-04-27
It’s a great tool for learning a new language!
👍 2022-04-14
Great work !!!
Very inspiring
👍 2022-02-25
Unbelievably helpful—I am quite new to Anki but all the instructions were easy to follow and this tool has been amazing for helping me quickly create excellent German audio for my cards. Thank you!
👍 2022-02-14
Super !
👍 2022-01-08
So easy to work with, highly recommend to anyone using Anki for language purposes
👍 2022-01-01
good Tools for learning language!
👍 2021-11-24
It’s a fantastic tool.
👍 2021-11-21
One of the best addon for language learners. Very simple to use
👍 2021-11-21
I would have loved to sign up for this service but I have an older OSX version 10.3.3 which means I can’t upgrade to the version needed to use this addon. It would have been nice for them to have an older version in the archive download. But other than that, it looks good.
👍 2021-11-21
Very helpful and time saving add-on!
