Transcribe audio
Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
Speech recognition API on Google Cloud that returns transcripts from audio files or live streams.
Your data
- Data location
- Processed globally; US or EU multi-region endpoints limit processing to those regions; single region not supported9
- Retention
- Sync and streaming audio processed in memory; async transcripts stored about 5 days; input audio not stored9
- Used for training
- Only for customers who opted in to data logging9
- Zero data retention
- Not offered as a named option; default sync and streaming requests do not store customer data9
Compliance
- Certifications
- Not published
- HIPAA
- Listed as covered by Google's Business Associate Agreement; do not opt in to data logging if a BAA covers PHI16
Read from Google Cloud’s own pages on 2026-11-04. Every number links to the page a value came from. For agents, the same facts as markdown: /tools/transcribe-audio/google-cloud-speech-to-text.md