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AWS transcribe: Updated AWS account sign-up guidance

Service: transcribe · 2026-10-21 · Documentation low

File: transcribe/latest/dg/getting-started.md

Summary

Replaced the generic AWS account creation link with two sign-up options, including advanced sign-up for regulated workloads and control over account configuration/content storage.

Security assessment

The change updates account sign-up guidance and mentions HIPAA/FedRAMP and content storage control, but it does not address a vulnerability, incident, or specific security control.

Evidence

+To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. There are two ways to sign up for AWS. If you want complete control over account configuration and where your content is stored, or if you have regulated workloads such as HIPAA or FedRAMP, use [Sign up for AWS (advanced)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html). If you are a new user and want to use a login you already own to sign in to AWS and create an AWS environment with preconfigured defaults in select [AWS Regions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/project-regions.html), use [Sign up for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/sign-in-new.html).

Diff

diff --git a/transcribe/latest/dg/getting-started.md b/transcribe/latest/dg/getting-started.md
index 6695ba2..84d6473 100644
--- a//transcribe/latest/dg/getting-started.md
+++ b//transcribe/latest/dg/getting-started.md
@@ -49 +49 @@ Because streaming using HTTP/2 and WebSockets is more complicated than the other
-To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. For information about creating an AWS account, see [Getting started with an AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) in the _AWS Account Management Reference Guide_.
+To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. There are two ways to sign up for AWS. If you want complete control over account configuration and where your content is stored, or if you have regulated workloads such as HIPAA or FedRAMP, use [Sign up for AWS (advanced)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html). If you are a new user and want to use a login you already own to sign in to AWS and create an AWS environment with preconfigured defaults in select [AWS Regions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/project-regions.html), use [Sign up for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/sign-in-new.html).