Fact · Speech recognition
Google Cloud's API reference says interim results are tentative hypotheses that can be returned before the final result, and that they are marked with is_final set to false.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“interim results (tentative hypotheses) may be returned as they become available (these interim results are indicated with the is_final=false flag)”
StreamingRecognitionConfig (Speech-to-Text V1p1beta1 reference), Google Cloud, Google Cloud (Ruby client reference), n.d., interim_results.
Open the original- What it measures
- A flag in the streaming configuration. If it is off, only final results come back.
- What it does not show
- The reference is for the V1p1beta1 version of the API, and the flag is named differently in the V2 reference.