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Google Speech to Text
Google Speech to Text
Admin / March 21, 2022
Speech-to-Text has three main methods to perform speech recognition. These are listed below:
- Synchronous Recognition (REST and gRPC) sends audio data to the Speech-to-Text API, performs recognition on that data, and returns results after all audio has been processed. Synchronous recognition requests are limited to audio data of 1 minute or less in duration.
- Asynchronous Recognition (REST and gRPC) sends audio data to the Speech-to-Text API and initiates a Long Running Operation. Using this operation, you can periodically poll for recognition results. Use asynchronous requests for audio data of any duration up to 480 minutes.
- Streaming Recognition (gRPC only) performs recognition on audio data provided within a gRPC bi-directional stream. Streaming requests are designed for real-time recognition purposes, such as capturing live audio from a microphone. Streaming recognition provides interim results while audio is being captured, allowing result to appear, for example, while a user is still speaking.
Requests contain configuration parameters as well as audio data. The following sections describe these type of recognition requests, the responses they generate, and how to handle those responses in more detail.
Speech-to-Text API recognition
A Speech-to-Text API synchronous recognition request is the simplest method for performing recognition on speech audio data. Speech-to-Text can process up to 1 minute of speech audio data sent in a synchronous request. After Speech-to-Text processes and recognizes all of the audio, it returns a response.
A synchronous request is blocking, meaning that Speech-to-Text must return a response before processing the next request. Speech-to-Text typically processes audio faster than realtime, processing 30 seconds of audio in 15 seconds on average. In cases of poor audio quality, your recognition request can take significantly longer.