Fact · Speech recognition
Google Cloud sends a speech activity end event when it detects that speech has ended, and no such event is sent if the stream closes first.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Sent when Cloud STT detects that speech has ended.”
Voice activity events and timeouts (Speech-to-Text, Google Cloud), Google Cloud, Google Cloud, n.d., Speech Activity End.
Open the original- What it measures
- Part of the voice activity events that a streaming session can return.
- What it does not show
- If the stream is closed before speech ends, the page says the end event is not sent.