Extension
Real-Time Transcription
Create a better user experience with the most accurate live transcription and subtitling

Instantly transcribe speech to text for live audio and video
Agora’s Real-Time Transcription provides accurate live transcription and subtitling services at a low cost.
Reduce cost and increase efficiency
Channel-based live transcription allows you to distribute live captions to all participants in channel while only paying for the duration of a channel—not the number of users. This approach is far more efficient and lower cost when compared to traditional client-side live transcription.
Get the most accurate results at scale
Cutting-edge AI ensures the highest accuracy even with overlapping speech, regional accents, and poor network conditions. Scale from one-to-one meetings to up to millions of participants with the same accuracy.
Integrate with ease
Simple APIs integration for a full solution supporting transcription from audio to text, live captioning, and cloud recording with closed captioning (CC) that works on any device. Extend with new features using the Restful API.
Features
Live transcription for RTC
Integrated with Agora’s voice and video service, live transcription and captions improve accessibility for your audience. Perfect for meetings, live streaming, lectures, interviews, live shopping, and more.
Channel-based cloud transcription
Cloud transcription service converts audio to text based on channel and distributes the text to all participants in this channel to show live closed captions (CC). Transcripts are saved to the cloud.
Transcribing and labeling simultaneous speakers
Easily label who said what—even with up to 3 simultaneous speakers. Separate transcription for each host ensures accurate voice transcription with multiple hosts.
Captioning for cloud recordings
Transcribe audio to text on video recordings to enable closed captions (CC) and review important discussion items in the transcript.
Multi-language support
Real-time transcription supports all major languages and dialects, and each channel can support audio to text transcription for up to two languages simultaneously.
Enterprise-grade security and compliance
Agora is ISO and SOC 2 certified and meets compliance standards for regional privacy laws and industry regulations, including GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA.
Made for developers
Agora’s Real-Time Transcription platform-agnostic RESTful APIs make it easy to add highly accurate, cost-effective audio transcription capabilities to your app on any platform.
Use Cases
Transcribe speech to text for any live meetings or events
Securely transcribe and record real-time audio or video and organize recordings and transcripts to speed up workflows.

Education
Give faculty and students real-time captions and notes for in-person and virtual lectures, classes or meetings.

Virtual Meetings
Provide real-time automated notes in meetings and conversations to keep everyone aligned in a remote work environment.

Social & Metaverse
Eliminate communication barriers for people with different languages or disabilities.

eCommerce
Increase accessibility to reach a wider audience and improve discoverability for brands and hosts.

Telehealth
Keep secure records of virtual appointments and patient questions with the most accurate speech to text software.

Events
Empower your event with real-time, accurate notes, ensuring a more accessible, searchable, and engaging event experience.
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