<p>Transcribes the audio from a media file and applies any additional Request Parameters you choose to include in your request.</p> <p>To make a <code>StartTranscriptionJob</code> request, you must first upload your media file into an Amazon S3 bucket; you can then specify the Amazon S3 location of the file using the <code>Media</code> parameter.</p> <p>You must include the following parameters in your <code>StartTranscriptionJob</code> request:</p> <ul> <li> <p> <code>region</code>: The Amazon Web Services Region where you are making your request. For a list of Amazon Web Services Regions supported with Amazon Transcribe, refer to <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/transcribe.html">Amazon Transcribe endpoints and quotas</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p> <code>TranscriptionJobName</code>: A custom name you create for your transcription job that is unique within your Amazon Web Services account.</p> </li> <li> <p> <code>Media</code> (<code>MediaFileUri</code>): The Amazon S3 location of your media file.</p> </li> <li> <p>One of <code>LanguageCode</code>, <code>IdentifyLanguage</code>, or <code>IdentifyMultipleLanguages</code>: If you know the language of your media file, specify it using the <code>LanguageCode</code> parameter; you can find all valid language codes in the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/dg/supported-languages.html">Supported languages</a> table. If you don't know the languages spoken in your media, use either <code>IdentifyLanguage</code> or <code>IdentifyMultipleLanguages</code> and let Amazon Transcribe identify the languages for you.</p> </li> </ul>

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

<p>Transcribes the audio from a media file and applies any additional Request Parameters you choose to include in your request.</p> <p>To make a <code>StartTranscriptionJob</code> request, you must first upload your media file into an Amazon S3 bucket; you can then specify the Amazon S3 location of the file using the <code>Media</code> parameter.</p> <p>You must include the following parameters in your <code>StartTranscriptionJob</code> request:</p> <ul> <li> <p> <code>region</code>: The Amazon Web Services Region where you are making your request. For a list of Amazon Web Services Regions supported with Amazon Transcribe, refer to <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/transcribe.html">Amazon Transcribe endpoints and quotas</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p> <code>TranscriptionJobName</code>: A custom name you create for your transcription job that is unique within your Amazon Web Services account.</p> </li> <li> <p> <code>Media</code> (<code>MediaFileUri</code>): The Amazon S3 location of your media file.</p> </li> <li> <p>One of <code>LanguageCode</code>, <code>IdentifyLanguage</code>, or <code>IdentifyMultipleLanguages</code>: If you know the language of your media file, specify it using the <code>LanguageCode</code> parameter; you can find all valid language codes in the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/dg/supported-languages.html">Supported languages</a> table. If you don't know the languages spoken in your media, use either <code>IdentifyLanguage</code> or <code>IdentifyMultipleLanguages</code> and let Amazon Transcribe identify the languages for you.</p> </li> </ul>

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}