LibreAI / Audio / amazon-transcribe-live-meeting-assistant
// audio · aws-samples/amazon-transcribe-live-meeting-assistant

amazon-transcribe-live-meeting-assistant

AWS sample app for live meeting transcription and AI summaries.

💎 Hidden gem★ 166 stars⑂ 57 forksMITupdated 2026-10
▦ visual — this project's README ships no embeddable screenshot,
so here's a placeholder. The guide below is complete regardless.
// project facts

Project facts

amazon-transcribe-live-meeting-assistant is an open-source audio project by aws-samples (aws-samples/amazon-transcribe-live-meeting-assistant on GitHub). It has 166 GitHub stars and 57 forks, is released under the MIT license, and was last updated on GitHub on 1 October 2026.

GitHub stars
166
Forks
57
License
MIT
Last updated on GitHub
1 October 2026
Category
Audio
Listing
Hidden gem — a shorter page for a lesser-known project
Official site
Official docs
// how it works

How it works

  1. Clone the repository

    Download the sample and enter the folder.

  2. Configure AWS

    Set credentials and region for Transcribe and Bedrock.

  3. Install dependencies

    Pull the Python packages it needs.

  4. Join a meeting

    Launch the assistant and start transcribing.

// features

Why people love it

Live transcription

Real-time speech-to-text via Amazon Transcribe.

Bedrock summaries

AI summaries from Amazon Bedrock models.

Translation

Multilingual meeting support.

Assistant layer

Ask questions about the live meeting.

AWS reference code

Shows how the services fit together.

MIT licensed

Reuse the patterns freely.

Advertisement
// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Step 1 — Clone the repo

    Download the source and move into the project folder.

    git clone https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-transcribe-live-meeting-assistant.git
    cd amazon-transcribe-live-meeting-assistant
  2. Step 2 — Configure AWS

    Set your credentials and region.

    aws configure
  3. Step 3 — Install and run

    Pull deps and launch per the README.

    pip install -r requirements.txt
// use cases

What you can build

Advertisement
// faq

Questions, answered

Who maintains this sample?

It is an AWS Samples project at aws-samples with 57 forks.

Is it free for commercial use?

The code is MIT licensed; AWS service usage is billed normally.

Is this a finished product?

No. It is a reference implementation to learn from and adapt.

Which AWS services does it use?

Amazon Transcribe for speech-to-text and Bedrock plus other AI services.

Do I need an AWS account?

Yes. Transcription and Bedrock calls run against your account.

// keep exploring

Similar tools

Audio

DeLive

Live captions and AI meeting review from any system audio — local-first.

★ 281 starsApache-2.0
View guide →
Audio

anymd

Convert any file to clean Markdown for AI agents — a fast Rust MCP server.

★ 1.0k starsMIT
View guide →
Audio

TranscriptionSuite

Fully local transcription with diarization, for every desktop OS.

★ 759 starsGPL-3.0
View guide →
Audio

Parrot

Meeting recorder designed for your Mac with a live AI copilot.

★ 96 starsGPL-3.0
View guide →
Audio

WhisperLive

WhisperLive: a nearly-live OpenAI Whisper transcription server for files, mics, and streams

★ 4.3k starsMIT
View guide →
Audio

whispering-ui

Native desktop UI for live Whisper transcription and translation.

★ 329 starsMIT
View guide →
// alternatives

Alternatives in Audio

The most-starred other Audio projects in the LibreAI catalogue — the realistic shortlist if amazon-transcribe-live-meeting-assistant is not the right fit.

Get amazon-transcribe-live-meeting-assistant

Free and open — grab the source, star the repo, and start creating.