Transcribe audio
Amazon Transcribe
AWS speech-to-text service that transcribes audio files from S3 or live streams into JSON transcripts with timestamps.
Methods
| Method | Used for | How |
|---|---|---|
| AWS IAM credentials with Signature Version 4 | All API calls, batch and streaming | SDK or CLI signs requests with IAM user keys or temporary role credentials |
| S3 permissions | Batch jobs reading audio and writing transcripts | Media is read from S3; the output bucket must grant Transcribe write permission |
| OAuth or API key | Not offered by Transcribe | Not published |
Source10Identity and Access Management for Amazon Transcribe
Getting access
- Who creates the account
- A person with an AWS account; sign-up by an agent alone is not stated10
- Where to get a key
- No Transcribe-specific key; AWS IAM credentials (temporary role credentials preferred over long-term user keys)10
- Other requirements
- An AWS account and an Amazon S3 bucket holding the media for batch jobs12
Read from Amazon Web Services (AWS)’s own pages on 2026-11-04. Every number links to the page a value came from. For agents, the same facts as markdown: /tools/transcribe-audio/amazon-transcribe.md