🚀 Rebuilt “Google Translate” App — No Traditional Code (Base44 + ElevenLabs + OpenAI)

I just released a hands-on build where we recreate a Google‑Translate‑style app from scratch — UI in Base44, speech‑to‑text & text‑to‑speech with ElevenLabs, and fast translation via the OpenAI (ChatGPT) API. It’s practical, step‑by‑step, and designed so you can fork the build and make it your own.

What I walk through in detail

Base44 UI setup: inputs, clean layout, simple state for easy debugging.
Mic capture: permissions, start/stop, responsive buffering.
STT with ElevenLabs: choosing the endpoint + a live transcript debug readout.
OpenAI translation: lean prompts, handling names/emojis/edge cases.
TTS with ElevenLabs: natural voices, latency tips, and interrupting playback.
Security & shipping: store keys with Base44 Secrets, use an auth toggle, and deploy to a public URL.
Architecture & gotchas: quick flow diagram + fixes for key scopes and publish-time prompts.

Extras you’ll pick up

Practical prompts you can reuse and tweak for other language tools.
Minimal “glue” logic patterns you can copy for future builds.
Tips for handling accents, short phrases vs. long dictations, and retrying when the network hiccups.
Clear checkpoints at each stage so you always know if STT, translation, or TTS is the culprit.

Outcome

By the end, you’ll have a clean, working translator you can demo on desktop or mobile, plus a repeatable pattern for any voice‑in, AI‑process, voice‑out app you want to ship next.

If you build your own variant, share a screenshot or short clip in the comments — I’d love to see (and review) what you make.

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