No matter your political leaning, the first 2020 Presidential Election Debate was a dumpster fire. It was hard for a human to understand what was being shouted over each other. How will AWS Transcribe do? Let’s set it up and take a look.
The Data
A basic Google search found the audio clip. I had to try a couple until I landed on one that didn’t have news commentary.
The Setup
I already have an AWS account and subscribed to Amazon Transcribe a month ago. All I had to do is click Create Job. I chose the General model and asked for a multi-speaker breakdown with a total of three speakers.
Transcribe job setup — screenshot by the author a few optional settings then hit Create — screenshot by the author.
The audio split job ran longer than the regular job. Makes sense. Considering the file was 90 minutes long, 20 minutes run time is reasonable.
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