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Amazon Transcribe

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Purpose
Amazon Transcribe is a fully managed automatic speech recognition service that converts streaming and recorded speech to text.Read 1 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Free plan
NoRead 20 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Integrations
Batch transcription uses Amazon S3, and AWS provides SDKs and CLI access for supported programming languages.Read 1 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Compliance
Amazon Transcribe is covered under AWS HIPAA eligibility and BAA requirements.Read 1 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
API access
YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
AWS service integrations
The product page identifies Amazon Connect Contact Lens and AWS HealthScribe as services used with Amazon Transcribe for call analytics and clinical documentation.Read 1 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Call analytics
Amazon Transcribe Call Analytics provides sentiment, issue, speech-characteristic, categorization, and generative call-summary insights.Read 1 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Customization
Users can add custom vocabulary and train custom language models with domain-specific text.Read 1 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Encryption
Transcription outputs can use Amazon S3 SSE-S3 or customer-specified AWS KMS keys at rest, while TLS 1.2 encrypts data in transit.Read 1 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Export formats
JSON,WebVTT,SRTRead 20 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Input modes
The service processes live audio streams for real-time transcription and recorded media files stored in Amazon S3 for batch transcription.Read 1 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Language identification
Amazon Transcribe can automatically identify the dominant language or multiple languages in audio without a specified language code.Read 1 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Languages
Amazon Transcribe provides features across 100+ languages.Read 1 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Languages supported
113Read 20 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Medical use
Amazon Transcribe Medical supports dictation and conversational medical transcription and is HIPAA eligible.Read 1 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Privacy controls
Amazon Transcribe can filter vocabulary, redact personally identifiable information, and detect toxic audio content.Read 1 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Speaker identification
YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Timestamp support
YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Transcript features
It supports automatic punctuation, number formatting, word timestamps, speaker identification, channel identification, and vocabulary filtering.Read 1 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Usage limit
The AWS CLI does not support streaming transcriptions.Read 1 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com

Plans and prices

Free tier Free 60 minutes per month for 12 months unused monthly usage does not roll over · restrictions apply Read 1 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Standard Batch $0.01 a month US East (N. Virginia) pricing example; rates vary by AWS Region and volume tier. Pay-as-you-go batch transcription · Usage billed in one-second increments · No minimum usage Read 20 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Standard Streaming $0.01 a month US East (N. Virginia) pricing example; rates vary by AWS Region and volume tier. Pay-as-you-go streaming transcription · Usage billed in one-second increments · No minimum usage Read 20 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Standard pricing Price not published monthly based on seconds of audio transcribed one-second increments · no minimum duration · rates vary by AWS Region Read 1 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com

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