Posted On: Jul 19, 2021

Amazon Transcribe is an automatic speech recognition (ASR) service that makes it easy for you to add speech-to-text capabilities to your applications. We are excited to announce streaming transcription support in the Amazon Web Services China (Beijing) Region, Operated by Sinnet, and the Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region, Operated by NWCD.

Live streaming transcription use cases include contact centers, media and entertainment, education and courtroom record keeping. For example, contact centers can use transcription for agent assist to trigger the next best action. Companies can also make their live sports events or real-time meetings more accessible with automatic subtitles. In addition, customers who have a large social media presence can use Amazon Transcribe to help moderate content and detect inappropriate behavior or speech in user-generated content. 

Amazon Transcribe streaming is now available in the Amazon Web Services China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet and Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. Transcribe streaming supports Mandarin Chinese – Mainland, Australian English, British English, US English, French, Canadian French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, and US Spanish. For more information, please refer to the Transcribe documentation