Amazon Transcribe

Amazon Transcribe is a speech-to-text service that uses machine learning models to convert audio to text, supporting real-time streaming and batch transcription with automatic speech recognition (ASR).

Amazon Transcribe publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Transcription Jobs API and Vocabularies API. Tagged areas include Audio Processing, Machine Learning, Speech Recognition, Speech-to-Text, and Transcription.

The Amazon Transcribe catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Amazon Transcribe’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, support, engineering blog, developer console, signup flow, and 17 more developer resources.

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58.6/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 APIs 2 Features 1 Use Cases

Audio Processing Machine Learning Speech Recognition Speech-to-Text Transcription

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scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0

Composite quality — 58.6/100 · strong

Contract Quality 10.9 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 10.9 / 15

Access Clarity 9.3 / 15

Operational Transparency 3.6 / 10

Contract Governance 2.5 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 4.9 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Amazon Transcribe Transcription Jobs API

The Transcription Jobs API from Amazon Transcribe — 4 operation(s) for transcription jobs.

Amazon Transcribe Vocabularies API

The Vocabularies API from Amazon Transcribe — 1 operation(s) for vocabularies.

Postman Collections 2

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Amazon Transcribe Transcription Jobs API

POSTMAN

Amazon Transcribe Transcription Jobs Vocabularies API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 4

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon Transcribe Transcription Jobs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon Transcribe Transcription Jobs Vocabularies API

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon Transcribe API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Amazon Transcribe Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Amazon Transcribe Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Amazon Transcribe Finops

FINOPS

Features 2

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Automation

Automate operational tasks with Amazon Transcribe.

API Access

Programmatic access to Amazon Transcribe resources.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Amazon Transcribe Context

7 classes · 5 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Amazon Transcribe API Rules

4 rules · 3 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Amazon Transcribe API Rules

13 rules · 4 errors 9 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Amazon Transcribe Transcription Job

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Tag

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TranscriptionJob

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 3

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Amazon Transcribe Job Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Amazon Transcribe Tag Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Amazon Transcribe Transcription Job Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Amazon Transcribe Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Amazon Transcribe Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Amazon Transcribe Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Amazon Transcribe Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Amazon Transcribe Trust Center

PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Amazon Transcribe Agentic Access

5 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 1

What developers build with this provider.

Cloud Operations

Use Amazon Transcribe to manage and automate cloud operations.

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Console

Console

Signup

Signup

Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube

YouTube

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

StatusPage

StackOverflow

Contact

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Knowledge Center

Knowledge Center

Source (apis.yml)

name: Amazon Transcribe
description: Amazon Transcribe is a speech-to-text service that uses machine learning models to convert audio to text, supporting
  real-time streaming and batch transcription with automatic speech recognition (ASR).
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
url: https://aws.amazon.com/transcribe/
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-05-19'
apis:
- aid: amazon-transcribe:amazon-transcribe-transcription-jobs-api
  name: Amazon Transcribe Transcription Jobs API
  description: The Transcription Jobs API from Amazon Transcribe — 4 operation(s) for transcription jobs.
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/transcribe/
  baseURL: https://transcribe.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Transcription Jobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-transcribe-transcription-jobs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/APIReference/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-transcribe-job-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-transcribe-context.jsonld
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/transcribe/pricing/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/transcribe/getting-started/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/APIReference/CommonParameters.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.aws.amazon.com/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/transcribe/faqs/
  - type: ServiceLevelAgreement
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/machine-learning/language/sla/
  - type: User Guide
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/dg/what-is.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  - type: Code Examples
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/dg/service_code_examples.html
  - type: Security
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/dg/security.html
- aid: amazon-transcribe:amazon-transcribe-vocabularies-api
  name: Amazon Transcribe Vocabularies API
  description: The Vocabularies API from Amazon Transcribe — 1 operation(s) for vocabularies.
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/transcribe/
  baseURL: https://transcribe.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Vocabularies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-transcribe-vocabularies-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/APIReference/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-transcribe-job-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-transcribe-context.jsonld
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/transcribe/pricing/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/transcribe/getting-started/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/APIReference/CommonParameters.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.aws.amazon.com/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/transcribe/faqs/
  - type: ServiceLevelAgreement
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/machine-learning/language/sla/
  - type: User Guide
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/dg/what-is.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  - type: Code Examples
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/dg/service_code_examples.html
  - type: Security
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/dg/security.html
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/amazon-transcribe/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/amazon-transcribe-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/amazon-transcribe-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/amazon-transcribe-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/amazon-transcribe-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/amazon-transcribe-authentication.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/transcribe/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/
- type: Signup
  url: https://signin.aws.amazon.com/signup?request_type=register
- type: Login
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/console/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: Knowledge Center
  url: https://repost.aws/knowledge-center
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmazonWebServices
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/amazon-transcribe
- type: Contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-transcribe/refs/heads/main/rules/amazon-transcribe-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-transcribe/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/amazon-transcribe-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Automation
    description: Automate operational tasks with Amazon Transcribe.
  - name: API Access
    description: Programmatic access to Amazon Transcribe resources.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Cloud Operations
    description: Use Amazon Transcribe to manage and automate cloud operations.
- type: Integrations
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/partners/
integrations:
- name: Partner Programs
- name: Resources
- name: Success Stories
- name: Work with an AWS Partner
- name: AWS Marketplace
- name: AWS Partner Central
- name: Partner Paths
- name: co-sell with AWS
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com
tags:
- Audio Processing
- AWS
- Machine Learning
- Speech Recognition
- Speech-to-Text
- Transcription
tags_raw:
- Audio Processing
- AWS
- Machine Learning
- Speech Recognition
- Speech-To-Text
- Transcription
- Machine-Learning
x-parent: amazon-web-services
x-relationship: product

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