Speech infinite vs indefinite streaming - doc request

[bbookman]

It would be crazy helpful to know the purpose of each of these two. What, exactly, is the difference between indefinite and infinite. I'm asking for simple English such that the user does not have to dig through the code to understand

python-docs-samples/speech/microphone/

• transcribe_streaming_indefinite.py
• transcribe_streaming_infinite.py

[bbookman]

I did notice this comment. I'm not sure exactly how this is better or worse or the use case.

adding infinite streaming sample to samples folder, unlike indefinite streaming, this sample uses result_end_time to calculate unfinalized audio, and to resend it to maintain context across into the next streaming request

Also, I think this rises above the need for a comment. There is a clear need for readme.md update or other method of more formal documentation and clarification

[bbookman]

I'm now wondering about transcribe_streaming_mic.py as well. I'd like to see documentation on the use case for each of these.

[nnegrey]

Docs links:

transcribe_streaming_infinite.py: https://cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/docs/endless-streaming-tutorial

transcribe_streaming_mic.py: https://cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/docs/streaming-recognize#speech-streaming-mic-recognize-python

Will delete transcribe_streaming_indefinite.py as that is not hosted on our docs site.

[nnegrey]

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