# Amazon Transcribe (/en/ai/models/asr/amazon)

> For AI agents: see the complete documentation index at [llms.txt](/llms.txt).

Amazon provides advanced automatic speech recognition with high accuracy and support for multiple languages, designed for real-time conversational AI applications.

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    This integration is fully supported for use with Conversational AI Engine. While it has completed functional validation, it is newer to the platform, and additional provider-specific edge cases may be identified as usage scales across a broader range of applications and workloads.
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### Sample configuration

The following example shows how to configure Amazon Transcribe ASR when starting a conversational AI agent.

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  <TabsContent value="python">
    ```python
    from agora_agent import Agent, AmazonSTT

    # client is your configured Agora client
    agent = (
        Agent(client)
        .with_stt(AmazonSTT(
            access_key='your-aws-access-key-id',
            secret_key='your-aws-secret-access-key',
            region='us-east-1',
            language='en-US',
        ))
        .with_llm(...)  # configure your LLM vendor
        .with_tts(...)  # configure your TTS vendor
    )
    ```
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    ```typescript
    import { Agent, AmazonSTT } from 'agora-agents';

    // client is your configured Agora client
    const agent = new Agent({ client })
      .withStt(new AmazonSTT({
        accessKey: 'your-aws-access-key-id',
        secretKey: 'your-aws-secret-access-key',
        region: 'us-east-1',
        language: 'en-US',
      }))
      .withLlm(/* configure your LLM vendor */)
      .withTts(/* configure your TTS vendor */);
    ```
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    ```go
    import "github.com/AgoraIO/agora-agents-go/v2/agentkit/vendors"

    // client is your configured Agora client
    agent := agentkit.NewAgent(client).WithStt(
        vendors.NewAmazonSTT(vendors.AmazonSTTOptions{
            AccessKey: "your-aws-access-key-id",
            SecretKey: "your-aws-secret-access-key",
            Region:    "us-east-1",
            Language:  "en-US",
        }),
    ).WithLlm(/* configure your LLM vendor */).
      WithTts(/* configure your TTS vendor */)
    ```
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    ```json
    "asr": {
        "vendor": "amazon",
        "params": {
            "region": "<AWS_ASR_REGION>",
            "access_key_id": "<AWS_ASR_ACCESS_KEY_ID>",
            "secret_access_key": "<AWS_ASR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>",
            "language_code": "en-US",
            "media_sample_rate_hz": 16000,
            "media_encoding": "pcm"
        }
    }
    ```
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### Key parameters

<ParameterList title="params" required="true">
  <Parameter name="region" type="string" required="true">
    The AWS region where the Transcribe service is hosted, for example, `us-east-1`, `us-west-2`, or `eu-west-1`. See [AWS regions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/transcribe.html) for available regions.
  </Parameter>

  <Parameter name="access_key_id" type="string" required="true">
    The AWS access key ID used for authentication. Get your access key from the [AWS IAM Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/).
  </Parameter>

  <Parameter name="secret_access_key" type="string" required="true">
    The AWS secret access key used for authentication. Get your secret key from the [AWS IAM Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/).
  </Parameter>

  <Parameter name="language_code" type="string" required="true">
    The language code for speech recognition, for example, `en-US`, `es-US`, or `fr-FR`. See [supported languages](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/dg/supported-languages.html) for available language codes.
  </Parameter>

  <Parameter name="media_sample_rate_hz" type="integer" required="false">
    The sample rate in Hertz for the audio input, for example, `16000` or `8000`.
  </Parameter>

  <Parameter name="media_encoding" type="string" required="false">
    The encoding format of the audio input, for example, `pcm`, `opus`, or `flac`.
  </Parameter>
</ParameterList>

The parameters listed on this page are validated for use with Conversational AI Engine. Required parameters must be provided as documented. Any additional parameters are passed through directly to the underlying vendor without validation. For a full list of supported options, refer to the [Amazon official documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/dg/streaming.html).