NMT text translation — common language pairs
¥48CNY / per million characters, starting at
AI Subtitles & Translation Tools
- Introduction
- Youdao Zhiyun is an AI open platform offering translation, OCR, speech, and education APIs for developers, enterprises, and government.
- Added on
- 11/12/2026
- Pricing
- Not specified
- Official links
- Website, company & support ↗
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
What is Youdao Zhiyun?
Youdao Zhiyun is NetEase Youdao's one-stop AI open platform, providing stable and reliable foundational AI capabilities to government, enterprises, and developers. It offers natural language translation services including text, image, document, web, and real-time speech translation; intelligent vision services such as general and handwritten OCR, PDF conversion, and image processing; and intelligent speech services including speech synthesis, voice cloning, real-time and long-form speech recognition, and speech assessment. It also provides smart education services like English and Chinese essay correction, question recognition, handwriting erasure, and dictionary APIs. The platform supports private deployment and overseas AI deployment solutions, and offers an Agent platform with skills and official agents. Access is available through APIs and SaaS applications, with a free trial for new users.
How to use Youdao Zhiyun
- 1
Register and log in
Create a Youdao Zhiyun account using phone number or NetEase email to access the platform.
- 2
Choose an AI service
Browse the product catalog to select translation, vision, speech, or education APIs that fit your needs.
- 3
Try the service
Use the free trial to test the API with your own data before committing to a paid plan.
- 4
Integrate via API
Follow the developer documentation to integrate the selected AI capabilities into your applications.
Youdao Zhiyun Features
Text translation supporting over 100 languages with automatic language detection
Image translation for complex lighting conditions with offline support
Document translation supporting 86 languages with intelligent sentence segmentation
Real-time speech translation with dynamic error correction
General and handwritten OCR, PDF to Word/Markdown conversion
Speech synthesis, voice cloning, and personalized voice customization
Real-time and long-form speech recognition, speech assessment
English and Chinese essay correction with multi-dimensional scoring
Question recognition and segmentation, handwriting erasure for test papers
Private deployment and overseas AI deployment solutions
Youdao Zhiyun Use Cases
Integrating multilingual translation into websites or apps
Automating document translation workflows for businesses
Extracting text from images and scanned documents
Converting speech to text for meeting transcription
Generating natural-sounding speech for audiobooks or assistants
Automated essay grading and feedback for educational platforms
Building intelligent tutoring systems with question recognition
Deploying AI capabilities on-premises for data security
Youdao Zhiyun FAQs
Youdao Zhiyun provides natural language translation, intelligent vision (OCR, PDF conversion), intelligent speech (synthesis, recognition), and smart education services (essay correction, question recognition) via APIs.
The platform is designed for government, enterprises, and developers seeking to integrate AI capabilities into their products and workflows.
Yes, new users can register and access a free trial to test the AI services before purchasing.
Text translation supports over 100 languages, while document and real-time speech translation support 86 languages.
Yes, Youdao Zhiyun offers private deployment services for organizations with specific data security or compliance requirements.
Yes, it offers speech synthesis, including large-model voice cloning and personalized voice customization.
Services include English and Chinese essay correction, question recognition and segmentation, handwriting erasure, and dictionary APIs.
You can integrate via APIs documented in the developer documentation, which includes guides and video tutorials.
Youdao Zhiyun Official Information
- Company
- NetEase Youdao
- Website
- https://ai.youdao.com/new
- Documentation
- https://ai.youdao.com/new/doc.s
Youdao Zhiyun Pricing
Official text-translation product page checked 2026-11-09. These are starting rates for Chinese/common-language translation, not one price for all Youdao APIs. Language pair and resource package affect the rate; signup credits are temporary.
Prepaid translation resource package
¥38.4CNY / per million characters, starting at
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