AudioEncoding(value)
The encoding of the audio data sent in the request.
All encodings support only 1 channel (mono) audio, unless the
audio_channel_count
and
enable_separate_recognition_per_channel
fields are set.
For best results, the audio source should be captured and
transmitted using a lossless encoding (FLAC
or LINEAR16
).
The accuracy of the speech recognition can be reduced if lossy
codecs are used to capture or transmit audio, particularly if
background noise is present. Lossy codecs include MULAW
,
AMR
, AMR_WB
, OGG_OPUS
, SPEEX_WITH_HEADER_BYTE
, and
MP3
.
The FLAC
and WAV
audio file formats include a header that
describes the included audio content. You can request recognition
for WAV
files that contain either LINEAR16
or MULAW
encoded audio. If you send FLAC
or WAV
audio file format in
your request, you do not need to specify an AudioEncoding
; the
audio encoding format is determined from the file header. If you
specify an AudioEncoding
when you send send FLAC
or WAV
audio, the encoding configuration must match the encoding described
in the audio header; otherwise the request returns an
google.rpc.Code.INVALID_ARGUMENT][google.rpc.Code.INVALID_ARGUMENT]
error code.