Get audio track transcription

The Video Intelligence API transcribes speech to text from supported video files. There are two supported models, "default" and "video."

Request Speech Transcription for a Video

REST

Send the process request

The following shows how to send a POST request to the videos:annotate method. The example uses the access token for a service account set up for the project using the Google Cloud CLI. For instructions on installing the Google Cloud CLI, setting up a project with a service account, and obtaining an access token, see the Video Intelligence quickstart.

Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:

  • INPUT_URI: a Cloud Storage bucket that contains the file you want to annotate, including the file name. Must start with gs://.
    For example: "inputUri": "gs://cloud-videointelligence-demo/assistant.mp4",
  • LANGUAGE_CODE: [Optional] See supported languages
  • PROJECT_NUMBER: The numeric identifier for your Google Cloud project

HTTP method and URL: 

POST https://videointelligence.googleapis.com/v1/videos:annotate

Request JSON body: 


{
"inputUri": "INPUT_URI",
  "features": ["SPEECH_TRANSCRIPTION"],
  "videoContext": {
    "speechTranscriptionConfig": {
      "languageCode": "LANGUAGE_CODE",
      "enableAutomaticPunctuation": true,
      "filterProfanity": true
    }
  }
}

To send your request, expand one of these options:

You should receive a JSON response similar to the following:

{
  "name": "projects/PROJECT_NUMBER/locations/LOCATION_ID/operations/OPERATION_ID"
}

If the request is successful, Video Intelligence returns the name for your operation. The above shows an example of such a response, where project-number is the number of your project and operation-id is the ID of the long-running operation created for the request.

Get the results

To get the results of your request, you must send a GET, using the operation name returned from the call to videos:annotate, as shown in the following example.

Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:

  • OPERATION_NAME: the name of the operation as returned by Video Intelligence API. The operation name has the format projects/PROJECT_NUMBER/locations/LOCATION_ID/operations/OPERATION_ID
  • PROJECT_NUMBER: The numeric identifier for your Google Cloud project

HTTP method and URL: 

GET https://videointelligence.googleapis.com/v1/OPERATION_NAME

To send your request, expand one of these options:

You should receive a JSON response similar to the following:

Download annotation results

Copy the annotation from the source to the destination bucket: (see Copy files and objects)

gcloud storage cp gcs_uri gs://my-bucket

Note: If the output gcs uri is provided by the user, then the annotation is stored in that gcs uri.

Go

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


func speechTranscriptionURI(w io.Writer, file string) error {
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := video.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer client.Close()

	op, err := client.AnnotateVideo(ctx, &videopb.AnnotateVideoRequest{
		Features: []videopb.Feature{
			videopb.Feature_SPEECH_TRANSCRIPTION,
		},
		VideoContext: &videopb.VideoContext{
			SpeechTranscriptionConfig: &videopb.SpeechTranscriptionConfig{
				LanguageCode:               "en-US",
				EnableAutomaticPunctuation: true,
			},
		},
		InputUri: file,
	})
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	resp, err := op.Wait(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// A single video was processed. Get the first result.
	result := resp.AnnotationResults[0]

	for _, transcription := range result.SpeechTranscriptions {
		// The number of alternatives for each transcription is limited by
		// SpeechTranscriptionConfig.MaxAlternatives.
		// Each alternative is a different possible transcription
		// and has its own confidence score.
		for _, alternative := range transcription.GetAlternatives() {
			fmt.Fprintf(w, "Alternative level information:\n")
			fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tTranscript: %v\n", alternative.GetTranscript())
			fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tConfidence: %v\n", alternative.GetConfidence())

			fmt.Fprintf(w, "Word level information:\n")
			for _, wordInfo := range alternative.GetWords() {
				startTime := wordInfo.GetStartTime()
				endTime := wordInfo.GetEndTime()
				fmt.Fprintf(w, "\t%4.1f - %4.1f: %v (speaker %v)\n",
					float64(startTime.GetSeconds())+float64(startTime.GetNanos())*1e-9, // start as seconds
					float64(endTime.GetSeconds())+float64(endTime.GetNanos())*1e-9,     // end as seconds
					wordInfo.GetWord(),
					wordInfo.GetSpeakerTag())
			}
		}
	}

	return nil
}

Java

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

// Instantiate a com.google.cloud.videointelligence.v1.VideoIntelligenceServiceClient
try (VideoIntelligenceServiceClient client = VideoIntelligenceServiceClient.create()) {
  // Set the language code
  SpeechTranscriptionConfig config =
      SpeechTranscriptionConfig.newBuilder()
          .setLanguageCode("en-US")
          .setEnableAutomaticPunctuation(true)
          .build();

  // Set the video context with the above configuration
  VideoContext context = VideoContext.newBuilder().setSpeechTranscriptionConfig(config).build();

  // Create the request
  AnnotateVideoRequest request =
      AnnotateVideoRequest.newBuilder()
          .setInputUri(gcsUri)
          .addFeatures(Feature.SPEECH_TRANSCRIPTION)
          .setVideoContext(context)
          .build();

  // asynchronously perform speech transcription on videos
  OperationFuture<AnnotateVideoResponse, AnnotateVideoProgress> response =
      client.annotateVideoAsync(request);

  System.out.println("Waiting for operation to complete...");
  // Display the results
  for (VideoAnnotationResults results :
      response.get(600, TimeUnit.SECONDS).getAnnotationResultsList()) {
    for (SpeechTranscription speechTranscription : results.getSpeechTranscriptionsList()) {
      try {
        // Print the transcription
        if (speechTranscription.getAlternativesCount() > 0) {
          SpeechRecognitionAlternative alternative = speechTranscription.getAlternatives(0);

          System.out.printf("Transcript: %s\n", alternative.getTranscript());
          System.out.printf("Confidence: %.2f\n", alternative.getConfidence());

          System.out.println("Word level information:");
          for (WordInfo wordInfo : alternative.getWordsList()) {
            double startTime =
                wordInfo.getStartTime().getSeconds() + wordInfo.getStartTime().getNanos() / 1e9;
            double endTime =
                wordInfo.getEndTime().getSeconds() + wordInfo.getEndTime().getNanos() / 1e9;
            System.out.printf(
                "\t%4.2fs - %4.2fs: %s\n", startTime, endTime, wordInfo.getWord());
          }
        } else {
          System.out.println("No transcription found");
        }
      } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException ioe) {
        System.out.println("Could not retrieve frame: " + ioe.getMessage());
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

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

// Imports the Google Cloud Video Intelligence library
const videoIntelligence = require('@google-cloud/video-intelligence');

// Creates a client
const client = new videoIntelligence.VideoIntelligenceServiceClient();

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following line before running the sample.
 */
// const gcsUri = 'GCS URI of video to analyze, e.g. gs://my-bucket/my-video.mp4';

async function analyzeVideoTranscript() {
  const videoContext = {
    speechTranscriptionConfig: {
      languageCode: 'en-US',
      enableAutomaticPunctuation: true,
    },
  };

  const request = {
    inputUri: gcsUri,
    features: ['SPEECH_TRANSCRIPTION'],
    videoContext: videoContext,
  };

  const [operation] = await client.annotateVideo(request);
  console.log('Waiting for operation to complete...');
  const [operationResult] = await operation.promise();
  // There is only one annotation_result since only
  // one video is processed.
  const annotationResults = operationResult.annotationResults[0];

  for (const speechTranscription of annotationResults.speechTranscriptions) {
    // The number of alternatives for each transcription is limited by
    // SpeechTranscriptionConfig.max_alternatives.
    // Each alternative is a different possible transcription
    // and has its own confidence score.
    for (const alternative of speechTranscription.alternatives) {
      console.log('Alternative level information:');
      console.log(`Transcript: ${alternative.transcript}`);
      console.log(`Confidence: ${alternative.confidence}`);

      console.log('Word level information:');
      for (const wordInfo of alternative.words) {
        const word = wordInfo.word;
        const start_time =
          wordInfo.startTime.seconds + wordInfo.startTime.nanos * 1e-9;
        const end_time =
          wordInfo.endTime.seconds + wordInfo.endTime.nanos * 1e-9;
        console.log('\t' + start_time + 's - ' + end_time + 's: ' + word);
      }
    }
  }
}

analyzeVideoTranscript();

Python

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

"""Transcribe speech from a video stored on GCS."""
from google.cloud import videointelligence

video_client = videointelligence.VideoIntelligenceServiceClient()
features = [videointelligence.Feature.SPEECH_TRANSCRIPTION]

config = videointelligence.SpeechTranscriptionConfig(
    language_code="en-US", enable_automatic_punctuation=True
)
video_context = videointelligence.VideoContext(speech_transcription_config=config)

operation = video_client.annotate_video(
    request={
        "features": features,
        "input_uri": path,
        "video_context": video_context,
    }
)

print("\nProcessing video for speech transcription.")

result = operation.result(timeout=600)

# There is only one annotation_result since only
# one video is processed.
annotation_results = result.annotation_results[0]
for speech_transcription in annotation_results.speech_transcriptions:
    # The number of alternatives for each transcription is limited by
    # SpeechTranscriptionConfig.max_alternatives.
    # Each alternative is a different possible transcription
    # and has its own confidence score.
    for alternative in speech_transcription.alternatives:
        print("Alternative level information:")

        print("Transcript: {}".format(alternative.transcript))
        print("Confidence: {}\n".format(alternative.confidence))

        print("Word level information:")
        for word_info in alternative.words:
            word = word_info.word
            start_time = word_info.start_time
            end_time = word_info.end_time
            print(
                "\t{}s - {}s: {}".format(
                    start_time.seconds + start_time.microseconds * 1e-6,
                    end_time.seconds + end_time.microseconds * 1e-6,
                    word,
                )
            )

Additional languages

C#: Please follow the C# setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the Video Intelligence reference documentation for .NET.

PHP: Please follow the PHP setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the Video Intelligence reference documentation for PHP.

Ruby: Please follow the Ruby setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the Video Intelligence reference documentation for Ruby.