Fact · Speech recognition
0.006US dollars per minute
Amazon's pricing page gives a batch transcription price of $0.006 per minute in its worked example for the US East (N. Virginia) region.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Batch transcription is priced at $0.006 per minute.”
Amazon Transcribe pricing, Amazon Web Services, 2026, Batch transcription example.
Open the original- What it measures
- The example assumes 2 million minutes of recorded audio a month. It is one region and one example, not the full price list.
- What it does not show
- Real-time streaming is priced separately, and prices can differ by region and by tier.