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ContentRedaction

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ContentRedaction - Amazon Transcribe

Makes it possible to redact or flag specified personally identifiable information (PII) in your transcript. If you use ContentRedaction, you must also include the sub-parameters: RedactionOutput and RedactionType. You can optionally include PiiEntityTypes to choose which types of PII you want to redact.

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RedactionOutput

Specify if you want only a redacted transcript, or if you want a redacted and an unredacted transcript.

When you choose redacted Amazon Transcribe creates only a redacted transcript.

When you choose redacted_and_unredacted Amazon Transcribe creates a redacted and an unredacted transcript (as two separate files).

Type: String

Valid Values: redacted | redacted_and_unredacted

Required: Yes

RedactionType

Specify the category of information you want to redact; PII (personally identifiable information) is the only valid value. You can use PiiEntityTypes to choose which types of PII you want to redact. If you do not include PiiEntityTypes in your request, all PII is redacted.

Type: String

Valid Values: PII

Required: Yes

PiiEntityTypes

Specify which types of personally identifiable information (PII) you want to redact in your transcript. You can include as many types as you'd like, or you can select ALL. If you do not include PiiEntityTypes in your request, all PII is redacted.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 11 items.

Valid Values: BANK_ACCOUNT_NUMBER | BANK_ROUTING | CREDIT_DEBIT_NUMBER | CREDIT_DEBIT_CVV | CREDIT_DEBIT_EXPIRY | PIN | EMAIL | ADDRESS | NAME | PHONE | SSN | ALL

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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