Transcript Started

A transcript started event emits when Daily begins to transcribe a call. These can be activated via startTranscription(), via the REST API, or from within your client.

Common fields

string

Represents the version of the event. Uses semantic versioning to inform a consumer if the payload has introduced any breaking changes.

string

Represents the type of the event described in the payload.

string

An identifier representing this specific event.

object

An object representing the event, whose fields are described below.

number

Documenting when the webhook itself was sent. This timestamp is different than the time of the event the webhook describes.

Payload

string

The unique identifier for the transcription event.

object

Additional information related to the transcription event.

string

The ID of the room where the event occurred.

string

The name of the room where the event occurred.

string

The meeting session ID related to the event.

integer

The maximum number of participants allowed in the transcription session.

integer

The duration of the session in seconds.

integer

The cumulative participant minutes for the transcription session.

string

The current status of the transcription event.

object

The output parameters of the transcription event.

{
  "version": "1.1.0",
  "type": "transcript.started",
  "id": "3431-tra-sta-68f65d4c-a4dc-4179-bbb1-c12432afb924",
  "payload": {
    "id": "68f65d4c-a4dc-4179-bbb1-c12432afb924",
    "info": {
      "instanceId": "a1f2f6b7-b1ac-4202-85e5-d446cb6c3d3f"
    },
    "room_id": "9e3c9e1b-bfbe-4753-b908-fd89cecfd4a7",
    "room_name": "my-transcript-room",
    "mtg_session_id": "a2bc876d-2816-4732-9c87-01e0b8c0b01b",
    "max_participants": 1,
    "duration": 0,
    "participant_minutes": 0,
    "status": "t_in_progress",
    "out_params": {
      "s3": {
        "key": "domain/room/1733234355482.vtt",
        "bucket": "daily-co-transcription-staging",
        "region": "us-west-2"
      }
    }
  },
  "event_ts": 1733234355.505
}

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Common fields

Payload