A factory function to construct an object of typeSpeechConnection.
The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofSpeechClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedSpeechConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis webpage provides documentation for the Google Cloud Speech C++ client library, with version 2.37.0-rc being the latest, and a list of available versions ranging from 2.36.0 down to 2.11.0.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe page covers key classes such as \u003ccode\u003eSpeechClient\u003c/code\u003e, which enables speech transcription and resource management, \u003ccode\u003eSpeechConnection\u003c/code\u003e, which is the connection object for \u003ccode\u003eSpeechClient\u003c/code\u003e, and associated retry policies for managing errors.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eIt outlines important structs like \u003ccode\u003eSpeechBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eSpeechConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eSpeechPollingPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eSpeechRetryPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, which are used to configure various aspects of the Speech API interactions via the \u003ca href=\"https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003egoogle::cloud::Options\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe documentation details the \u003ccode\u003eMakeSpeechConnection\u003c/code\u003e factory function used to create \u003ccode\u003eSpeechConnection\u003c/code\u003e objects, emphasizing that options for configuration can be drawn from \u003ccode\u003eCommonOptionList\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eGrpcOptionList\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eUnifiedCredentialsOptionList\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eSpeechPolicyOptionList\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eMakeDefaultSpeechConnectionIdempotencyPolicy\u003c/code\u003e is documented, alongside a type alias \u003ccode\u003eSpeechPolicyOptionList\u003c/code\u003e which encompasses a list of options for Speech.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::speech_v2 (2.20.0)\n\nVersion 2.20.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [SpeechClient](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechClient)\n\nEnables speech transcription and resource management.\n\n### [SpeechConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection)\n\nThe [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection) object for [`SpeechClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechClient).\n\n### [SpeechConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [SpeechLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [SpeechLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [SpeechRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [SpeechBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechBackoffPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the backoff policy.\n\n### [SpeechConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure which operations are retried.\n\n### [SpeechPollingPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechPollingPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the long-running operations polling policy.\n\n### [SpeechRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechRetryPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the retry policy.\n\nFunctions\n---------\n\n### MakeSpeechConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [SpeechClient](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection). Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:\n\n- [`google::cloud::CommonOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::GrpcOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::speech_v2::SpeechPolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2)\n\n| **Note:** Unexpected options will be ignored. To log unexpected options instead, set `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CLOG=yes` in the environment.\n\n### MakeDefaultSpeechConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### SpeechPolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c SpeechRetryPolicyOption, SpeechBackoffPolicyOption, SpeechPollingPolicyOption, SpeechConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to Speech."]]
