Transcribe a local file using an enhanced speech recognition (beta)

Transcribe a local audio file, where you specify an enhanced model.

Code sample

Python

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from google.cloud import speech_v1p1beta1 as speech

client = speech.SpeechClient()

speech_file = "resources/commercial_mono.wav"

with open(speech_file, "rb") as audio_file:
    content = audio_file.read()

audio = speech.RecognitionAudio(content=content)
config = speech.RecognitionConfig(
    encoding=speech.RecognitionConfig.AudioEncoding.LINEAR16,
    sample_rate_hertz=8000,
    language_code="en-US",
    use_enhanced=True,
    # A model must be specified to use enhanced model.
    model="phone_call",
)

response = client.recognize(config=config, audio=audio)

for i, result in enumerate(response.results):
    alternative = result.alternatives[0]
    print("-" * 20)
    print(f"First alternative of result {i}")
    print(f"Transcript: {alternative.transcript}")

return response.results

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