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# Speech-to-Text

### Speech-to-Text (STT) Engines

Configure voice recognition capabilities – this allows your virtual being to transform anything they hear into a text that can be further processed by a conversational engine. Supported STT engines: 

* **Azure**
* **Google**
* **NVIDIA Riva**

<figure><img src="https://1213579860-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MaU7JJyoXT5PfhTD9dJ%2Fuploads%2FkuW4p3XNbcz85NSPt8xj%2Fhub-assistant-virbe.virbe.app_dashboard_overview%20(14).png?alt=media&amp;token=5f6ec794-763b-4de8-b5c2-bd988566e078" alt=""><figcaption><p>Speech-to-Text configuration</p></figcaption></figure>

Each engine can be configured independently, and you can set one as default. Multiple engines provide redundancy and flexibility for different use cases.