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Recording Transcription

A Transcription represents the transcribed text and metadata from a transcribed recording of a voice call.

The transcription text itself is the result of converting an audio recording to readable text. To generate transcriptions from call recordings, use the TwiML <Record> verb and set transcribe="true". Note that

Your account will be charged if you request transcription for a recording, as this is a paid feature. Additionally, transcription is currently limited to recordings initiated with the TwiML <Record> verb and are at most two minutes in length.

For pricing information, see the transcriptions pricing page.

Transcription properties

Resource Properties in REST API format
account_sid
sid<AC> Not PII

The SID of the Account that created the Transcription resource.

api_version
string Not PII

The API version used to create the transcription.

date_created
date_time<rfc2822> Not PII

The date and time in GMT that the resource was created specified in RFC 2822 format.

date_updated
date_time<rfc2822> Not PII

The date and time in GMT that the resource was last updated specified in RFC 2822 format.

duration
string Not PII

The duration of the transcribed audio in seconds.

price
decimal Not PII

The charge for the transcript in the currency associated with the account. This value is populated after the transcript is complete so it may not be available immediately.

price_unit
currency Not PII

The currency in which price is measured, in ISO 4127 format (e.g. usd, eur, jpy).

recording_sid
sid<RE> Not PII

The SID of the Recording from which the transcription was created.

sid
sid<TR> Not PII

The unique string that that we created to identify the Transcription resource.

status
enum:status Not PII

The status of the transcription. Can be: in-progress, completed, failed.

transcription_text

The text content of the transcription.

type
string Not PII

The transcription type. Can only be: fast.

uri
uri Not PII

The URI of the resource, relative to https://api.twilio.com.

Fetch a Transcription resource

get
https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Transcriptions/{Sid}.json

Twilio will respond with the JSON metadata for the Transcription. If you append ".txt" to the end of the Transcription resource's URI, Twilio will return only the text of the transcription:

/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Transcriptions/{TranscriptionSid}.txt
Parameters
Parameters in REST API format
account_sid
Path
get sid<AC> Not PII

The SID of the Account that created the Transcription resource to fetch.

sid
Path
get sid<TR> Not PII

The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Transcription resource to fetch.

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        Fetch a specific Transcription

        Read multiple Transcription resources

        get
        https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Transcriptions.json

        Returns the full set of Transcriptions generated from all recordings in an account.

        The list Twilio returns includes paging information.

        Parameters
        Parameters in REST API format
        account_sid
        Path
        get sid<AC> Not PII

        The SID of the Account that created the Transcription resources to read.

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              Read: List all Transcriptions

              You can also access a full list of Transcriptions directly from a given Recording by passing the RecordingSid to the Recording resource:

              /2010-04-01/Accounts/{YourAccountSid}/Recordings/{RecordingSid}/Transcriptions.json
              

              The cURL command to fetch Transcriptions from a Recording looks like this:

              curl -G https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Recordings/REXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Transcriptions.json \
              -u 'ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:your_auth_token'

              If you prefer that Twilio responds with XML, change .json to .xml.

              Delete a Transcription resource

              delete
              https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Transcriptions/{Sid}.json

              Delete a transcription from your account.

              If the request is successful, Twilio will return HTTP 204 (No Content) with no body.

              Parameters
              Parameters in REST API format
              account_sid
              Path
              delete sid<AC> Not PII

              The SID of the Account that created the Transcription resources to delete.

              sid
              Path
              delete sid<TR> Not PII

              The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Transcription resource to delete.

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                    Delete a Transcription

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