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Speech-to-Text Client Libraries

This page shows how to get started with the Cloud Client Libraries for the Speech-to-Text API. Read more about the client libraries for Cloud APIs, including the older Google APIs Client Libraries, in Client Libraries Explained.

Installing the client library

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For more information, see Using PHP on Google Cloud.

composer require google/cloud-speech

Setting up authentication

To run the client library, you must first set up authentication by creating a service account and setting an environment variable. Complete the following steps to set up authentication. For other ways to authenticate, see the GCP authentication documentation.

Cloud ConsoleCommand line

1. In the Cloud Console, go to the Create service account key page.

   Go to the Create Service Account Key page
2. From the Service account list, select New service account.
3. In the Service account name field, enter a name.

4. From the Role list, select Project > Owner.

   Note: The Role field affects which resources your service account can access in your project. You can revoke these roles or grant additional roles later. In production environments, do not grant the Owner, Editor, or Viewer roles. For more information, see Granting, changing, and revoking access to resources.
5. Click Create. A JSON file that contains your key downloads to your computer.

Provide authentication credentials to your application code by setting the environment variable GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS. Replace [PATH] with the file path of the JSON file that contains your service account key. This variable only applies to your current shell session, so if you open a new session, set the variable again.

Linux or macOSWindows

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="[PATH]"

For example:

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="/home/user/Downloads/my-key.json"

Using the client library

The following example shows how to use the client library.

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# Includes the autoloader for libraries installed with composer
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

# Imports the Google Cloud client library
use Google\Cloud\Speech\V1\SpeechClient;
use Google\Cloud\Speech\V1\RecognitionAudio;
use Google\Cloud\Speech\V1\RecognitionConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Speech\V1\RecognitionConfig\AudioEncoding;

# The name of the audio file to transcribe
$gcsURI = "gs://cloud-samples-data/speech/brooklyn_bridge.raw";

# set string as audio content
$audio = (new RecognitionAudio())
    ->setUri($gcsURI);

# The audio file's encoding, sample rate and language
$config = new RecognitionConfig([
    'encoding' => AudioEncoding::LINEAR16,
    'sample_rate_hertz' => 16000,
    'language_code' => 'en-US'
]);

# Instantiates a client
$client = new SpeechClient();

# Detects speech in the audio file
$response = $client->recognize($config, $audio);

# Print most likely transcription
foreach ($response->getResults() as $result) {
    $alternatives = $result->getAlternatives();
    $mostLikely = $alternatives[0];
    $transcript = $mostLikely->getTranscript();
    printf('Transcript: %s' . PHP_EOL, $transcript);
}

$client->close();