Using the Speech-to-Text API with C#

METE ATAMEL: Speech-To-Text API can be used to convert audio to text in 120 languages. Let's see how to use Speech API with C#. First, make sure the API is enabled in your project and a service account exists to make API calls. Both are explained in the codelab in the video notes. In Cloud Shell, let's create a simple dotnet console app and add Speech API NuGet Package to the project. Open the Code Editor and navigate to program.cs. We will transcribe an audio file saved on Google Cloud Storage. First, reference to the Speech API library.

Create a speech client

Specify Speech API configuration. Point to the audio on Google Cloud Storage. Call Recognize method. And finally, print the results. Let's run the app. There you go. You just used the Speech-To-Text API to convert audio to text.

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