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 document provides reference information for the Google Cloud Speech C++ client library, with version 2.22.1 being the current base version.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe latest release candidate (rc) version is 2.37.0-rc, and the document also lists several preceding versions, going back to version 2.11.0.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe SpeechClient class is available for managing speech transcription and resources, while SpeechConnection manages the underlying connections for the client.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe document details multiple classes, structs, and functions available in this version of the library, including retry policies, backoff policies, and factory functions for connections.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe SpeechPolicyOptionList is an alias that includes options for managing retries, backoff, polling, and connection idempotency.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::speech_v2 (2.22.1)\n\nVersion 2.22.1keyboard_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/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechClient)\n\nEnables speech transcription and resource management.\n\n### [SpeechConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection)\n\nThe [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection) object for [`SpeechClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechClient).\n\n### [SpeechConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [SpeechLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [SpeechLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [SpeechRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [SpeechBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.22.1/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/2.22.1/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/2.22.1/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/2.22.1/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/2.22.1/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/2.22.1/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/2.22.1/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`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::GrpcOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::speech_v2::SpeechPolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.22.1/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."]]
