Create an Audio Transcript with Amazon Transcribe
Introduction
Implementation
Create an S3 bucket and upload sample
In this step, you will download a sample audio file, create an S3 bucket, then upload the sample file to the S3 bucket. Amazon Transcribe accesses audio and video files for transcription exclusively from S3 buckets.
1. Download the file
To download the sample audio file to transcribe later in the tutorial, choose transcribe-sample.mp3.
2. Open the console
Select AWS Management Console to open the console in a new browser window, so you can keep this step-by-step guide open. When the screen loads, enter your user name and password to get started.
Using the Region drop down, select a Region that has Amazon Transcribe.
3. Open the S3 console
Type S3 in the search bar and select S3 to open the console.
4. Create a bucket
In the S3 dashboard choose Create bucket.
If this is the first time you have created a bucket, you will see a screen that looks like the image pictured here.
If you have already created S3 buckets, your S3 dashboard will list all the buckets you have created.
5. Enter a bucket name
Enter a unique bucket name. Bucket names must be unique across all existing bucket names in Amazon S3. There are a number of other restrictions on S3 bucket names as well.
Then select a Region to create your bucket in.
6. Review configuration details and create bucket
You have the ability to set up permissions for your S3 bucket. Leave the default values and scroll down.
You have many useful options for your S3 bucket including Versioning, Server Access Logging, Tags, Object-level Logging, and Default Encryption. We won't enable these features for this tutorial.
Select Create bucket.
7. Select your bucket
You will see your new bucket in the S3 console. Click on your bucket’s name to navigate to the bucket. Your bucket name will not be the same as pictured in the screenshot to the right.
8. Upload the sample file
You are in your bucket’s home page.
Select Upload.
9. Select the sample file and upload it
Upload the transcribe-sample.mp3 file by selecting Add files and selecting the file or dragging the transcribe-sample.mp3 file to the upload box.
Select Upload.
10. Copy the S3 URI
On successful upload, select the transcribe-sample.mp3 file in your bucket. A file detail page will be displayed for the transcribe-sample.mp3 file.
Copy the S3 URI link to the file and save it for use later in the tutorial.
Create transcription job
In this step, you will create and run a transcription job using the Amazon Transcribe console.
1. Open the Transcribe console
From the top menu bar, select Services then begin typing Transcribe in the search bar and select Amazon Transcribe to open the service console.
2. Open the Transcription jobs page
On the Amazon Transcribe console main page, open the navigation pane and click Transcription jobs.
3. Create Transcription job
On the Transcription jobs page, click Create job.
