Google Cloud Speech for PHP

Idiomatic PHP client for Cloud Speech.

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NOTE: This repository is part of Google Cloud PHP. Any support requests, bug reports, or development contributions should be directed to that project.

Enables easy integration of Google speech recognition technologies into developer applications. Send audio and receive a text transcription from the Speech-to-Text API service.

Experimental Notice for V2 Surface

Please note the V2 API surface is currently considered experimental and as a result it is subject to change.

Installation

To begin, install the preferred dependency manager for PHP, Composer.

Now install this component:

$ composer require google/cloud-speech

This component supports both REST over HTTP/1.1 and gRPC. In order to take advantage of the benefits offered by gRPC (such as streaming methods) please see our gRPC installation guide.

Authentication

Please see our Authentication guide for more information on authenticating your client. Once authenticated, you'll be ready to start making requests.

Sample

use Google\Cloud\Speech\V1\RecognitionConfig\AudioEncoding;
use Google\Cloud\Speech\V1\RecognitionConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Speech\V1\StreamingRecognitionConfig;

$recognitionConfig = new RecognitionConfig();
$recognitionConfig->setEncoding(AudioEncoding::FLAC);
$recognitionConfig->setSampleRateHertz(44100);
$recognitionConfig->setLanguageCode('en-US');
$config = new StreamingRecognitionConfig();
$config->setConfig($recognitionConfig);

$audioResource = fopen('path/to/audio.flac', 'r');

$responses = $speechClient->recognizeAudioStream($config, $audioResource);

foreach ($responses as $element) {
    // doSomethingWith($element);
}

Version

This component is considered GA (generally available). As such, it will not introduce backwards-incompatible changes in any minor or patch releases. We will address issues and requests with the highest priority.

Next Steps

  1. Understand the official documentation.
  2. Take a look at in-depth usage samples.