A podcast network needs transcripts for 8,000 archived episodes stored in cloud storage by Monday. No live captions are required. Which approach fits best?
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Answer: D
Batch transcription is designed for large volumes of stored audio that can be processed asynchronously. You point a job at the audio files, and the service returns transcripts without requiring an open streaming connection for each episode. Because nothing needs to appear in real time, the throughput-oriented batch route is more efficient and easier to scale than running thousands of live sessions. Results can be collected once the job completes.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Real-time streaming is built for low-latency captions of live audio. Running thousands of archived episodes through live sessions is slower to manage and unnecessary.
- B. The read API extracts text from images and documents. It is not a speech transcription service and cannot transcribe spoken episode audio.
- C. Translator dictionaries control terminology in translated text. They do not convert audio into a transcript in the first place.