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REST API: Transcriptions

A Transcription is a sub-resource of Recordings. It is the result of converting an audio recording to readable text. Transcriptions can be created via the TwiML Record Verb.

Note: transcription is a pay feature. If you request that an existing recording be transcribed, your account will be charged. See the pricing page for our transcription prices. Additionally, transcription is currently limited to 2 minute or less recordings. Requesting transcription on longer recording will return with a failure message.

Transcription Instance Resource

This resource represents an individual transcription of a recorded call.

Resource URI

/2008-08-01/Accounts/{YourAccountSid}/Recordings/{RecordingSid}/Transcriptions/{TranscriptionSid}

By default Twilio will respond with the XML metadata for the Transcription. If you append ".txt" to the end of the Transcription resource's URI Twilio will just return you the transcription text:

/2008-08-01/Accounts/{YourAccountSid}/Recordings/{RecordingSid}/Transcriptions/{TranscriptionSid}.txt

Resource Properties

A Transcription resource is represented by the following properties:

Transcription Resource Properties
Property Description
Sid A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this resource.
DateCreated The date that this resource was created, given in unix epoch format.
DateUpdated The date that this resource was last updated, given in unix epoch format.
AccountSid The 34 character id of the Account this Transcription is associated with. (Your account!)
Status An string representing the status of the transcription. in-progress, completed, failed
RecordingSid The 34 character id of the Recording this Transcription was made of.
Duration duration of audio that was transcribed, in seconds
TranscriptionText The content of the transcription
Price The charge for this transcript in USD. Populated after the transcript is completed. Note, this value may not be immediately available.

HTTP Methods

GET

Returns a single Transcription resource with the Sid provided. Example:

GET /2008-08-01/Accounts/AC309475e5fede1b49e100272a8640f438/Recordings/RE42ed11f93dc08b952027ffbc406d0868/Transcriptions/TR42ed11f93dc08b952027ffbc406d0868 HTTP/1.1

<TwilioResponse>  
    <Transcription>
        <Sid>TRbdece5b75f2cd8f6ef38e0a10f5c4447</Sid>
        <DateCreated>1235986685</DateCreated>
        <DateUpdated>1235957924</DateUpdated>
        <AccountSid>AC5ea872f6da5a21de157d80997a64bd33</AccountSid>
        <Status>completed</Status>
        <RecordingSid>RE3870404da563592ef6a72136438a879c</RecordingSid>
        <Duration>9</Duration>
        <TranscriptionText>
            This is the body a transcribed recording
        </TranscriptionText>
        <Price>-0.03000</Price>
    </Transcription>
</TwilioResponse>
POST

Not Supported

PUT

Not Supported

DELETE

Not Supported

Transcriptions List Resource

Resource URI

/2008-08-01/Accounts/{YourAccountSid}/Recordings/{RecordingSid}/Transcriptions

HTTP Methods

GET
/2008-08-01/Accounts/{YourAccountSid}/Transcriptions

Returns all the transcriptions made by your account.

Each is represented by a <Transcription> element, under a <Transcriptions> list element that includes paging information. The list is sorted by DateUpdated, with newest transcripts first. Example:

GET /2008-08-01/Accounts/AC309475e5fede1b49e100272a8640f438/Transcriptions HTTP/1.1

<TwilioResponse>

    <Transcriptions page="0" numpages="1" pagesize="50" total="2" start="0" end="1">

        <Transcription>
            <Sid>TR685e9a2bdf89b978491b1afada63f078</Sid>
            <DateCreated>1235986685</DateCreated>
            <DateUpdated>1235957975</DateUpdated>
            <AccountSid>AC309475e5fede1b49e100272a8640f438</AccountSid>
            <Status>completed</Status>
            <RecordingSid>RE3870404da563592ef6a72136438a879c</RecordingSid>
            <Duration>9</Duration>
            <TranscriptionText>
                This is the body of one transcribed recording
            </TranscriptionText>
            <Price>-0.25000</Price>
        </Transcription>

        <Transcription>
            <Sid>TRbdece5b75f2cd8f6ef38e0a10f5c4447</Sid>
            <DateCreated>1235986685</DateCreated>
            <DateUpdated>1235957924</DateUpdated>
            <AccountSid>AC5ea872f6da5a21de157d80997a64bd33</AccountSid>
            <Status>completed</Status>
            <RecordingSid>RE3870404da563592ef6a72136438a879c</RecordingSid>
            <Duration>9</Duration>
            <TranscriptionText>
                This is the body of another transcribed recording
            </TranscriptionText>
            <Price>-0.03000</Price>
        </Transcription>
        ...
    </Transcriptions>
</TwilioResponse>
POST

Not Supported

PUT

Not Supported

DELETE

Not Supported