Objective
This article helps you move your speech recognition to Google's newer Speech to Text V2 APIs, so that <Gather><Speech> in your TwiML and the Gather widget in Studio use the updated engine.
Product
Programmable Voice
Environment
Twilio Console
User Account Permission/Role(s) Required
Read access to Voice settings is required to view the page. Update access to Voice settings is required to change the setting — without it the toggle is read-only.
Procedure
- In the Twilio Console, select Communications in the left sidebar.
- Select Voice, then Settings.
- On the General tab, Calls & Conferences is selected by default.
- Find the section headed Enable new Google Speech to Text (STT) V2 APIs for
<Gather><Speech>. - Switch on Enable Google speech to text.
- A confirmation message reads "Voice general settings have been updated successfully."
Additional Information
- The change is saved as soon as you switch the toggle — there is no separate Save step.
- Enabling this setting overrides your
<Gather><Speech>TwiML and the Studio Gather widget so that both use the newer Google APIs for speech recognition. - Select Learn more in the section description for Twilio's
<Gather>documentation. - Switch the toggle off again to return to the previous speech recognition behavior.
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