Transform speech into searchable text with Amazon Transcribe

Discover how Amazon Transcribe uses automatic speech recognition (ASR) to convert spoken audio into accurate, searchable text, helping organisations improve accessibility, automate workflows, and extract insights from audio content.

Apply speech recognition to real-world transcription workflows

Explore Amazon Transcribe’s core features, pricing, and scalable architecture while following a guided hands-on demonstration to create batch and real-time transcriptions, building practical knowledge of AI-powered speech-to-text solutions.

You’ll access learning content and practical activities online through Amazon Web Services (AWS), alongside your FutureLearn course experience, giving you direct access to AWS learning as you progress.

Syllabus

Week 1
Amazon Transcribe Getting Started
- Amazon Transcribe Getting Started
  In this activity, you will learn how Amazon Transcribe works, including its benefits, core concepts, costs, and architectures. You will explore real-world implementation requirements and run a demo in the AWS Management Console.

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What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Understand how Amazon Transcribe works
Familiarize yourself with basic concepts of Amazon Transcribe
Recognize the benefits of Amazon Transcribe
List typical use cases for Amazon Transcribe
Describe the typical architectures associated with an Amazon Transcribe solution
Specify what it would take to implement Amazon Transcribe in a real-world scenario
Understand the cost structure of Amazon Transcribe
Implement a demonstration of Amazon Transcribe in the AWS Management Console

Who is the course for?

This course is ideal for developers, architects, cloud professionals, and anyone interested in speech recognition and transcription services on AWS.

Who developed the course?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS is the world’s most comprehensive cloud, enabling organizations to accelerate innovation, reduce costs, and scale more efficiently.

What's included?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) are offering everyone who joins this course a free digital upgrade, so that you can experience the full benefits of studying online for free. This means that you get:

Unlimited access to this course

Includes any articles, videos, peer reviews and quizzes

A PDF Certificate of Achievement to prove your success when you’re eligible

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