# Settings
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Allows additional optional settings in your [StartTranscriptionJob](API_StartTranscriptionJob.md) request, including channel identification, alternative transcriptions, and speaker partitioning. You can use that to apply custom vocabularies to your transcription job.

## Contents
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 ** ChannelIdentification **   <a name="transcribe-Type-Settings-ChannelIdentification"></a>
Enables channel identification in multi-channel audio.  
Channel identification transcribes the audio on each channel independently, then appends the output for each channel into one transcript.  
For more information, see [Transcribing multi-channel audio](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/dg/channel-id.html).  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** MaxAlternatives **   <a name="transcribe-Type-Settings-MaxAlternatives"></a>
Indicate the maximum number of alternative transcriptions you want Amazon Transcribe to include in your transcript.  
If you select a number greater than the number of alternative transcriptions generated by Amazon Transcribe, only the actual number of alternative transcriptions are included.  
If you include `MaxAlternatives` in your request, you must also include `ShowAlternatives` with a value of `true`.  
For more information, see [Alternative transcriptions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/dg/how-alternatives.html).  
Type: Integer  
Valid Range: Minimum value of 2. Maximum value of 10.  
Required: No

 ** MaxSpeakerLabels **   <a name="transcribe-Type-Settings-MaxSpeakerLabels"></a>
Specify the maximum number of speakers you want to partition in your media.  
Note that if your media contains more speakers than the specified number, multiple speakers are treated as a single speaker.  
If you specify the `MaxSpeakerLabels` field, you must set the `ShowSpeakerLabels` field to true.  
Type: Integer  
Valid Range: Minimum value of 2. Maximum value of 30.  
Required: No

 ** ShowAlternatives **   <a name="transcribe-Type-Settings-ShowAlternatives"></a>
To include alternative transcriptions within your transcription output, include `ShowAlternatives` in your transcription request.  
If you have multi-channel audio and do not enable channel identification, your audio is transcribed in a continuous manner and your transcript does not separate the speech by channel.  
If you include `ShowAlternatives`, you must also include `MaxAlternatives`, which is the maximum number of alternative transcriptions you want Amazon Transcribe to generate.  
For more information, see [Alternative transcriptions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/dg/how-alternatives.html).  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** ShowSpeakerLabels **   <a name="transcribe-Type-Settings-ShowSpeakerLabels"></a>
Enables speaker partitioning (diarization) in your transcription output. Speaker partitioning labels the speech from individual speakers in your media file.  
If you enable `ShowSpeakerLabels` in your request, you must also include `MaxSpeakerLabels`.  
For more information, see [Partitioning speakers (diarization)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/dg/diarization.html).  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** VocabularyFilterMethod **   <a name="transcribe-Type-Settings-VocabularyFilterMethod"></a>
Specify how you want your custom vocabulary filter applied to your transcript.  
To replace words with `***`, choose `mask`.  
To delete words, choose `remove`.  
To flag words without changing them, choose `tag`.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `remove | mask | tag`   
Required: No

 ** VocabularyFilterName **   <a name="transcribe-Type-Settings-VocabularyFilterName"></a>
The name of the custom vocabulary filter you want to use in your transcription job request. This name is case sensitive, cannot contain spaces, and must be unique within an AWS account.  
Note that if you include `VocabularyFilterName` in your request, you must also include `VocabularyFilterMethod`.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 200.  
Pattern: `^[0-9a-zA-Z._-]+`   
Required: No

 ** VocabularyName **   <a name="transcribe-Type-Settings-VocabularyName"></a>
The name of the custom vocabulary you want to use in your transcription job request. This name is case sensitive, cannot contain spaces, and must be unique within an AWS account.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 200.  
Pattern: `^[0-9a-zA-Z._-]+`   
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/transcribe-2017-10-26/Settings) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/transcribe-2017-10-26/Settings) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/transcribe-2017-10-26/Settings)