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Transcribing Audio Files with Google Cloud Speech-to-Text

Intermediate
1h
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Lab description

Google Cloud Speech-to-Text allows you to transcribe audio files to text using speech recognition. Audio can be transcribed within the Google Cloud Platform console, or by calling the Speech-to-Text API using Cloud Functions. Speech-to-Text can be used to enable voice control and searching, add subtitles to streaming content in real-time, and also improve the customer experience by adding interactive voice response (IVR) to your applications.

In this lab, you will work with Google Cloud Speech-to-Text in the GCP console, as well as through the Speech-to-Text API to transcribe an audio file stored in a Cloud Storage bucket.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this beginner level lab, you will be able to:

  • Transcribe an audio file into text using Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
  • Incorporate the Speech-to-Text API into a Google Cloud Function

Intended Audience

  • Cloud Architects
  • Software Engineers
  • Machine Learning Engineers

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the following will be beneficial but is not required:

  • Google Cloud Functions

The following content can be used to fulfill the prerequisite:

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February 21st, 2024 - Resolved deployment issue

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Lab steps
Signing In to the Google Cloud Console
Transcribing an Audio File Using Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
Creating a Speech Recognition Cloud Function using the Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API