Transcribe a multi-channel file in Cloud Storage (beta)

Transcribe an audio file stored in Cloud Storage that includes more than one channel.

Code sample

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud STT, see Cloud STT client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud STT Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud STT, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

/**
 * Transcribe a remote audio file with multi-channel recognition
 *
 * @param gcsUri the path to the audio file
 */
public static void transcribeMultiChannelGcs(String gcsUri) throws Exception {

  try (SpeechClient speechClient = SpeechClient.create()) {

    // Configure request to enable multiple channels
    RecognitionConfig config =
        RecognitionConfig.newBuilder()
            .setEncoding(AudioEncoding.LINEAR16)
            .setLanguageCode("en-US")
            .setSampleRateHertz(44100)
            .setAudioChannelCount(2)
            .setEnableSeparateRecognitionPerChannel(true)
            .build();

    // Set the remote path for the audio file
    RecognitionAudio audio = RecognitionAudio.newBuilder().setUri(gcsUri).build();

    // Use non-blocking call for getting file transcription
    OperationFuture<LongRunningRecognizeResponse, LongRunningRecognizeMetadata> response =
        speechClient.longRunningRecognizeAsync(config, audio);

    while (!response.isDone()) {
      System.out.println("Waiting for response...");
      Thread.sleep(10000);
    }
    // Just print the first result here.
    for (SpeechRecognitionResult result : response.get().getResultsList()) {

      // There can be several alternative transcripts for a given chunk of speech. Just use the
      // first (most likely) one here.
      SpeechRecognitionAlternative alternative = result.getAlternativesList().get(0);

      // Print out the result
      System.out.printf("Transcript : %s\n", alternative.getTranscript());
      System.out.printf("Channel Tag : %s\n\n", result.getChannelTag());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud STT, see Cloud STT client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud STT Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud STT, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

const speech = require('@google-cloud/speech').v1p1beta1;

// Creates a client
const client = new speech.SpeechClient();

const config = {
  encoding: 'LINEAR16',
  languageCode: 'en-US',
  audioChannelCount: 2,
  enableSeparateRecognitionPerChannel: true,
};

const audio = {
  uri: gcsUri,
};

const request = {
  config: config,
  audio: audio,
};

const [response] = await client.recognize(request);
const transcription = response.results
  .map(
    result =>
      ` Channel Tag: ${result.channelTag} ${result.alternatives[0].transcript}`
  )
  .join('\n');
console.log(`Transcription: \n${transcription}`);

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