Speech Recognizers are a piece of software that transcribes audio to text. You can create and configure Speech Recognizers in Configuration > Virtual Assistants > Speech Recognizers.
🤔What do I need Speech Recognizers for? Speech Recognizers are needed for Live Caption & Transcription features and for voice input analysis in the Workflow Activity Input Customer (Advanced).

Configuring Speech Recognizers
A Speech Recognizer consists of the following elements:
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| Name | Name of your Speech Recognizer as it appears in lists and selections. | ||||||||||||
| Organization Unit | Determines where the Speech Recognizer will be available. | ||||||||||||
| Type |
The type of the Speech Recognizer. You can either bring your own Azure AI Service or use the native Nimbus AI Service: INC Speech Recognizer service comparison
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| Region | The region used for your speech services. For more details, see Speech service supported regions. | ||||||||||||
| API Key |
💡Not required when type “Nimbus AI Services” was selected. The API Key of your speech service. |
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| Multilanguage | If toggled on, multiple languages can be selected for the Speech Recognizer. | ||||||||||||
| Language |
Selected language for the Speech Recognizer to recognize. 💡If no language is selected, the language will be auto-detected. This may lead to |
Notes and FAQ
Azure Cost and Billing
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Disclaimer: Support for Azure Billing & Cognitive Services
☝ The usage of Microsoft Azure AI Services for Speech1 and AI2 will cause additional costs outside your Nimbus subscription, which are exclusively determined by Microsoft.
Please note:
- Nimbus Support does not cover pricing discussions or make recommendations on Microsoft Azure Services. → Please inform yourself via the references below on pricing models.
- Nimbus Support can not provide any technical help, insights or solutions on Azure Cognitive Service related technical problems.
1 Azure Speech Services: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/cognitive-services/speech-services/
2 Generative AI Services (Copilot Studio):
Transcription troubleshooting
INC Transcription Troubleshooting
Not seeing any transcripts in the Transcript widget can have several causes. The following table lists error messages and explains why they are shown.
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| No transcription is available for this interaction. |
There was no transcription generated for the selected conversation. This could happen …
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No transcription is available for this interaction OR Task was not accepted. |
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| User Transcription License is missing. |
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