# What Is Elemental Inference?
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This is the initial release of the AWS Elemental Inference service and the AWS Elemental Inference User Guide.

AWS Elemental Inference is a real-time service that lets you lets you easily apply machine learning models to video, audio, and image content for automated analysis, classification, and insights generation.

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# Accessing Elemental Inference
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# Accessing Elemental Inference


You can access Elemental Inference using any of the following methods:
+ **AWS Management Console** – The procedures throughout this guide explain how to use the AWS Management Console to perform tasks for AWS Elemental Inference.
+ **AWS SDKs** – If you're using a programming language that AWS provides an SDK for, you can use an SDK to access AWS Elemental Inference. SDKs simplify authentication, integrate easily with your development environment, and provide easy access to Elemental Inference commands. For more information, see [Tools for Amazon Web Services](https://aws.amazon.com/tools).
+ **AWS Elemental Inference API** – If you're using a programming language that an SDK isn't available for, see the [AWS Elemental Inference API Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elemental-inference/latest/APIReference/) for information about API actions and about how to make API requests.
+ **AWS Command Line Interface** – For more information, see the [AWS Command Line Interface User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/).
+ **AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell** – For more information, see the [AWS Tools for PowerShell User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/userguide/).