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\u003eThe latest release candidate version for the speech API is 2.37.0-rc, while version 2.21.0 is also documented.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe content provides documentation for multiple versions of the Speech API, ranging from version 2.11.0 up to the latest release candidate.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe documentation includes classes like \u003ccode\u003eSpeechClient\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eSpeechConnection\u003c/code\u003e for enabling speech transcription and managing resources, alongside associated policies.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe documentation includes Structs such as \u003ccode\u003eSpeechBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eSpeechRetryPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e which can be used to configure certain behaviours through \u003ccode\u003egoogle::cloud::Options\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe documentation also includes Functions such as \u003ccode\u003eMakeSpeechConnection\u003c/code\u003e which can be used to build a \u003ccode\u003eSpeechConnection\u003c/code\u003e object, and a \u003ccode\u003eSpeechPolicyOptionList\u003c/code\u003e type alias which is a list of options that can be used to fine-tune the behaviour of Speech.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::speech_v2 (2.21.0)\n\nVersion 2.21.0keyboard_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/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechClient)\n\nEnables speech transcription and resource management.\n\n### [SpeechConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection)\n\nThe [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection) object for [`SpeechClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechClient).\n\n### [SpeechConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [SpeechLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [SpeechLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [SpeechRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [SpeechBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.21.0/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/2.21.0/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/2.21.0/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/2.21.0/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/2.21.0/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/2.21.0/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/2.21.0/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/2.21.0/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."]]
