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 C++ Speech library is 2.37.0-rc, with a variety of previous stable versions available, including 2.26.0, which is the version of focus for the documentation provided.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe SpeechClient class in the provided documentation enables speech transcription and the management of related resources within the C++ Speech library.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe SpeechConnection class object is associated with SpeechClient, defining how connections to speech services are established, and is configurable using various options.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eRetry policies, like SpeechLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy and SpeechLimitedTimeRetryPolicy, can be applied to SpeechConnection to manage how connection errors are handled.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eFactory functions such as MakeSpeechConnection are available to instantiate SpeechConnection objects, allowing customization through various options, such as setting endpoints and configuring retry policies.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::speech_v2 (2.26.0)\n\nVersion 2.26.0keyboard_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/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechClient)\n\nEnables speech transcription and resource management.\n\n### [SpeechConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection)\n\nThe [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection) object for [`SpeechClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechClient).\n\n### [SpeechConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [SpeechLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [SpeechLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [SpeechRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1speech__v2_1_1SpeechConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [SpeechBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.26.0/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/2.26.0/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/2.26.0/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/2.26.0/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(std::string const \\&, Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`SpeechConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/speech/2.26.0/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/2.26.0/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/2.26.0/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`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\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### MakeSpeechConnection(Options)\n\nA backwards-compatible version of the previous factory function. \nUnless the service also offers a global endpoint, the default value of the [`EndpointOption`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1EndpointOption.html) may be useless, in which case it must be overridden.\n| **Deprecated:** Please use the `location` overload instead.\n\n### MakeDefaultSpeechConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()"]]
