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 want 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 the Feature summary.

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. For Call Analytics transcriptions, 'post-call' refers to transcribing a media file located in an Amazon S3 bucket and 'real-time' refers to transcribing streamed media in real time.

Language	Language code	Data input	Transcribing numbers	Acronyms	Custom language models	Redaction	Call Analytics*
Abkhaz	`ab-GE`	batch	no	batch	no	no	no
Afrikaans	`af-ZA`	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	no	no	no
Albanian	`sq-AL`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Amharic	`am-ET`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Arabic, Gulf	`ar-AE`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	no	no	post-call
Arabic, Modern Standard	`ar-SA`	batch, streaming	streaming	no	no	no	no
Armenian	`hy-AM`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Asturian	`ast-ES`	batch	no	batch	no	no	no
Azerbaijani	`az-AZ`	batch	no	batch	no	no	no
Bashkir	`ba-RU`	batch	no	batch	no	no	no
Basque	`eu-ES`	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	no	no	no
Belarusian	`be-BY`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Bengali	`bn-IN`	batch, streaming*	batch, streaming*	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Bosnian	`bs-BA`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Burmese	`my-MM`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Bulgarian	`bg-BG`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Catalan	`ca-ES`	batch, streaming	streaming	batch, streaming	no	no	no
Central Kurdish, Iran	`ckb-IR`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Central Kurdish, Iraq	`ckb-IQ`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Chinese, Cantonese	`zh-HK (yue-HK)`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	no	no	no
Chinese, Simplified	`zh-CN`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	no	no	post-call
Chinese, Traditional	`zh-TW`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	no	no	no
Croatian	`hr-HR`	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	no	no	no
Czech	`cs-CZ`	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	no	no	no
Danish	`da-DK`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	no	no
Dutch	`nl-NL`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	no	no
English, Australian	`en-AU`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	post-call, real-time
English, British	`en-GB`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	post-call, real-time
English, Indian	`en-IN`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	post-call
English, Irish	`en-IE`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	post-call
English, New Zealand	`en-NZ`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	no
English, Scottish	`en-AB`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	post-call
English, South African	`en-ZA`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	no
English, US	`en-US`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	post-call, real-time
English, Welsh	`en-WL`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	post-call
Estonian	`et-EE`	batch	no	batch	no	no	no
Estonian	`et-ET`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Farsi	`fa-IR`	batch, streaming	no	no	no	no	no
Farsi, Afghan	`fa-AF`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Finnish	`fi-FI`	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	no	no	no
French	`fr-FR`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	post-call, real-time
French, Canadian	`fr-CA`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	post-call, real-time
Galician	`gl-ES`	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	no	no	no
Georgian	`ka-GE`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
German	`de-DE`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	post-call, real-time
German, Swiss	`de-CH`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	post-call
Greek	`el-GR`	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	no	no	no
Gujarati	`gu-IN`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Haitian Creole	`ht-HT`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Hausa	`ha-NG`	batch	no	batch	no	no	no
Hebrew	`he-IL`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	no	no	no
Hindi, Indian	`hi-IN`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch	no	post-call
Hungarian	`hu-HU`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Icelandic	`is-IS`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Indonesian	`id-ID`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	no	no
Italian	`it-IT`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	post-call, real-time
Japanese	`ja-JP`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	no	post-call
Javanese	`jv-ID`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Kabyle	`kab-DZ`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Kannada	`kn-IN`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Kazakh	`kk-KZ`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Khmer	`km-KH`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Kinyarwanda	`rw-RW`	batch	no	batch	no	no	no
Korean	`ko-KR`	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	batch, streaming	no	no	post-call
Kyrgyz	`ky-KG`	batch	no	batch	no	no	no
Latvian	`lv-LV`	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	no	no	no
Lithuanian	`lt-LT`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Luganda	`lg-IN`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Macedonian	`mk-MK`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Malay	`ms-MY`	batch, streaming	no	batch, streaming	no	no	no
Malayalam	`ml-IN`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Maltese	`mt-MT`	batch	no	batch	no	no	no
Marathi	`mr-IN`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Meadow Mari	`mhr-RU`	batch	no	batch	no	no	no
Mongolian	`mn-MN`	batch	no	batch	no	no	no
Nepali	`ne-NP`	batch, streaming*	no	batch, streaming*	no	no	no
Norwegian Bokmål	`no-NO`	batch, streaming	batch	batch, streaming	no	no	no
Odia/Oriya	`or-IN`