Chinese Text Project API vs SayItVid API

Two free Dictionaries APIs compared on access, reliability and developer ratings, using data from our daily health checks.

The verdict

	Chinese Text Project API	SayItVid API
What it does	Online open-access digital library for pre-modern Chinese texts.	English video pronunciation search with timestamps, IPA phonetics and subtitle context.
Provider	ctext.org	SayItVid
API key	Not needed	Required
HTTPS	Yes	Yes
CORS (browser calls)	Unknown	Yes
Status today	Online · 860 ms	Online · 749 ms
Uptime (30 days)	Up	Up
Developer rating	Not rated yet	Not rated yet
Price	Free / free tier	Free / free tier

Online open-access digital library for pre-modern Chinese texts.

Strengths

English video pronunciation search with timestamps, IPA phonetics and subtitle context.

Search any word or phrase. Hear real speakers say it in authentic videos, with exact timestamps and synchronized subtitles.

Strengths

Prototyping or a tutorial? Pick the one that needs no API key.
Calling from a web page? You need CORS. Otherwise route requests through your own server or a serverless function.
Going to production? Favour HTTPS, a strong uptime record and a provider with clear rate limits and terms. Check each API's docs before you commit.
Still unsure? Both are free to try: send one request to each and compare the data you get back.

SayItVid API requires an API key; Chinese Text Project API doesn't, so Chinese Text Project API is quicker to try.

SayItVid API supports CORS, so front-end JavaScript can call it directly. Call the other from a server.