Supported languages and language-specific features
The languages supported by Amazon Transcribe are listed in the following table; also listed are the features that are language-specific. Please verify that the feature you wish to use is supported for the language in your media before proceeding with your transcription.
To view the complete list of Amazon Transcribe features, refer to Amazon Transcribe features.
In the following table, 'batch' refers to transcribing a media file located in an Amazon S3 bucket and 'streaming' refers to transcribing streamed media in real time.
Language |
Language Code |
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Afrikaans | af-ZA |
batch | no | batch | no | no | no |
Arabic, Gulf | ar-AE |
batch | no | no | no | no | batch |
Arabic, Modern Standard | ar-SA |
batch | no | no | no | no | no |
Chinese, Simplified | zh-CN |
batch, streaming | no | no | no | no | batch |
Chinese, Traditional | zh-TW |
batch | no | no | no | no | no |
Danish | da-DK |
batch | no | batch | no | no | no |
Dutch | nl-NL |
batch | no | batch | no | no | no |
English, Australian | en-AU |
batch, streaming | batch, streaming | batch, streaming | batch | no | batch |
English, British | en-GB |
batch, streaming | batch, streaming | batch, streaming | batch, streaming | no | batch |
English, Indian | en-IN |
batch | batch | batch | no | no | batch |
English, Irish | en-IE |
batch | batch | batch | no | no | batch |
English, New Zealand | en-NZ |
batch | batch | batch | no | no | no |
English, Scottish | en-AB |
batch | batch | batch | no | no | batch |
English, South African | en-ZA |
batch | batch | batch | no | no | no |
English, US | en-US |
batch, streaming | batch, streaming | batch, streaming | batch, streaming | batch, streaming | batch |
English, Welsh | en-WL |
batch | batch | batch | no | no | batch |
French | fr-FR |
batch, streaming | no | batch, streaming | no | no | batch |
French, Canadian | fr-CA |
batch, streaming | no | batch, streaming | no | no | batch |
Farsi | fa-IR |
batch | no | no | no | no | no |
German | de-DE |
batch, streaming | batch, streaming | batch, streaming | no | no | batch |
German, Swiss | de-CH |
batch | batch | batch | no | no | batch |
Hebrew | he-IL |
batch | no | no | no | no | no |
Hindi, Indian | hi-IN |
batch | no | batch | batch | no | batch |
Indonesian | id-ID |
batch | no | batch | no | no | no |
Italian | it-IT |
batch, streaming | no | batch, streaming | no | no | batch |
Japanese | ja-JP |
batch, streaming | no | no | no | no | batch |
Korean | ko-KR |
batch, streaming | no | no | no | no | batch |
Malay | ms-MY |
batch | no | batch | no | no | no |
Portuguese | pt-PT |
batch | no | batch | no | no | batch |
Portuguese, Brazilian | pt-BR |
batch, streaming | no | batch, streaming | no | no | batch |
Russian | ru-RU |
batch | no | no | no | no | no |
Spanish | es-ES |
batch | no | batch | no | no | batch |
Spanish, US | es-US |
batch, streaming | no | batch, streaming | batch | no | batch |
Tamil | ta-IN |
batch | no | no | no | no | no |
Telugu | te-IN |
batch | no | no | no | no | no |
Thai | th-TH |
batch | no | batch | no | no | no |
Turkish | tr-TR |
batch | no | batch | no | no | no |