This guide shows you how to convert speech to text with the Qwen-Audio-3.x-ASR-Flash-Filetrans/Fun-ASR non-real-time speech recognition Android SDK.
Quick start
- Get an API key: Obtain an API key. For better security, store the API key in an environment variable.
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Download the SDK and run the sample code:
- Download the latest SDK package.
- Extract the ZIP package. Find the AAR-format SDK in the
app/libsdirectory and add it to your project dependencies. For Android C++ integration, useandroid_libsandandroid_includein the ZIP package to get the dynamic libraries and header files. - Open the project in Android Studio. The sample code is in
DashFunAsrFileTranscriberActivity.java. Replace the API key, then try out the feature.
Call procedure
- Synchronous mode
- Asynchronous mode
- Initialize the SDK.
- Configure the parameters that your business requires.
- Set
async_requesttofalseand call startFileTranscriber to submit a non-real-time speech recognition request and wait for the result. - Listen for the
EVENT_FILE_TRANS_RESULTevent in the onFileTransEventCallback interface to get the final recognition result. - Call release to release the SDK resources.
Request parameters
Connection and control parameters
Configure these parameters by passing a JSON string in the parameters argument of the initialize interface.
- Parameter example: The following JSON string is an example and does not list every parameter. Add the parameters you need when you write your code:
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Parameter description
Parameter
Type
Required
Description
urlStringYes
Service endpoints:
wss://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/api/v1/services/audio/asr/transcription- China (Beijing):
wss://{WorkspaceId}.cn-beijing.maas.aliyuncs.com/api/v1/services/audio/asr/transcription - Singapore:
wss://{WorkspaceId}.ap-southeast-1.maas.aliyuncs.com/api/v1/services/audio/asr/transcription
Replace
{WorkspaceId}with your actual Workspace ID.apikeyStringYes
The API key.
service_modeStringYes
The run mode. Fixed to
"1"for recorded speech recognition.device_idStringYes
A unique string that identifies the end user. Set it to an in-app user ID or a device identifier generated by the client. This ID is mainly used for log tracing and troubleshooting.
debug_pathStringNo
The storage path for the log file.
This parameter takes effect only when
save_logis set to true in the initialize interface. In that case, you must set the log file path, or an error is reported.At most two log files are kept locally.
max_log_file_sizeintNo
The maximum size of the log file, in bytes.
This parameter takes effect only when
save_logis set to true in the initialize interface.Default: 104857600 (100 * 1024 * 1024 bytes, that is, 100 MiB).
log_track_levelintNo
The filter level for the log content sent through the log callback (
onFileTransLogTrackCallback).Default: 2.
Valid values:
0: LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE
1: LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
2: LOG_LEVEL_INFO
3: LOG_LEVEL_WARNING
4: LOG_LEVEL_ERROR
5: LOG_LEVEL_NONE (turns off this feature)
Note:
log_track_levelandlevel(set through the initialize interface) together determine which logs are ultimately sent to the callback. A log is sent to the callback only when its level value is greater than or equal to bothlog_track_levelandlevel. For example, iflog_track_levelis set to 2 (INFO) andlevelis set to 3 (WARNING), only logs at WARNING level or higher (value >= 3) are sent to the callback.
Speech recognition parameters
Configure all speech recognition parameters through the startFileTranscriber interface.
- Parameter example: The following JSON string is an example and does not list every parameter. Add the parameters you need when you write your code:
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Parameter description
Parameter Type Required Description file_urlsarray[string]Yes A list of URLs of the audio or video files to transcribe. HTTP and HTTPS are supported. A single request supports only one URL. For input requirements such as supported audio formats, file size limits, and duration limits, see Audio specifications.If the recording is stored in Alibaba Cloud OSS, the RESTful API supports temporary URLs prefixed with oss://, whereas the SDK does not supportoss://-prefixed temporary URLs.async_requestbooleanNo Whether the recognition request is asynchronous.Default: false.Valid values:- true: asynchronous request
- false: synchronous request
apikeystringNo If the apikeyin Connection and control parameters is a temporary API key, you can update it here to avoid expiration.nls_configobjectYes The core configuration object for speech recognition. It contains key parameters such as model selection and recognition control. nls_config.modelstringYes The model used in the example. For model information, see Supported models and regions. nls_config.special_word_filterobjectNo The sensitive words to process during speech recognition. You can set a different handling method for each sensitive word. For details, see Sensitive word filtering. nls_config.channel_idarray[integer]No The index of the audio tracks to recognize in a multi-track audio file. The index starts at 0. For example, [0] recognizes the first track, and [0, 1] recognizes the first and second tracks at the same time. If you omit this parameter, only the first track is processed.Default value: [0]. nls_config.diarization_enabledbooleanNo Whether to enable speaker diarization. Disabled by default.Applies only to mono audio. Multi-channel audio does not support speaker diarization.When enabled, the recognition result includes a speaker_idfield that distinguishes different speakers.Default: false.For an example ofWhen speaker diarization is enabled, keep the audio duration within 2 hours. Otherwise, recognition may fail or time out.speaker_id, see Recognition result description.nls_config.speaker_countintegerNo A reference value for the number of speakers. The valid range is an integer from 2 to 100 (inclusive).By default, the number of speakers is detected automatically. If you set this value, it only guides the algorithm to output the specified count when possible and does not guarantee that exact count.No default value. nls_config.vocabulary_idstringNo The ID of a precompiled hot word list.Generate this ID in advance by calling the create hot word list API. Pass the ID during recognition to use the hot words in the list.Suitable for scenarios where the vocabulary is known and relatively stable, and where you need to reuse the same word list across requests.For usage details, see Precompiled hotwords. nls_config.input_contextarrayNo A list of messages containing optional conversation context to improve recognition accuracy. nls_config.instant_vocabularyobjectNo Instant hotwords, passed as key-value pairs. Each key is the hotword text ( string), and each value is its weight (integer). No precompiled hotword list is required. Use this parameter for temporary, session-level hotwords.Valid weights are integers from 1 to 5, or 50. A higher weight from 1 to 5 makes the model more likely to output the hotword. A weight of 50 defines a super hotword and significantly improves recall. You can specify up to 50 super hotwords.If you also configure precompiled hotwords, the two sets are merged. If the merged set exceeds 2000 hotwords, 2000 are selected at random. For usage, see Instant hotwords.nls_config.language_hintsarray[string]No The language codes to recognize. If you can't determine the language in advance, leave it unset and the model detects the language automatically.For Qwen-Audio-3.x-ASR-Flash-Filetrans models, you can set up to 4 values; any values beyond the first 4 are ignored. For Fun-ASR models, you can set only 1 value; if you set multiple, only the first takes effect. Click to view the supported language codes
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Qwen-Audio-3.x-ASR-Flash-Filetrans, fun-asr, fun-asr-2025-11-07, fun-asr-mtl, fun-asr-mtl-2025-08-25:
- zh: Chinese
- en: English
- ja: Japanese
- ko: Korean
- vi: Vietnamese
- th: Thai
- id: Indonesian
- ms: Malay
- tl: Filipino
- hi: Hindi
- ar: Arabic
- fr: French
- de: German
- es: Spanish
- pt: Portuguese
- ru: Russian
- it: Italian
- nl: Dutch
- sv: Swedish
- da: Danish
- fi: Finnish
- no: Norwegian
- el: Greek
- pl: Polish
- cs: Czech
- hu: Hungarian
- ro: Romanian
- bg: Bulgarian
- hr: Croatian
- sk: Slovak
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fun-asr-2025-08-25:
- zh: Chinese
- en: English
Key interfaces
NativeNui
initialize
Initializes the speech recognition SDK instance. The SDK is a singleton. Do not initialize it again before you call release.
This interface blocks, so call it on a non-UI thread.
- Method signature
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Parameter description
Parameter
Type
Description
callbackINativeFileTransCallbackThe implementation of the event and data callback interface.
parametersStringA JSON string that contains the authentication, connection, and debugging parameters. See Connection and control parameters.
levelConstants.LogLevelControls the print level of the SDK's own logs.
save_logbooleanWhether to save logs locally. If
true, specify the path withdebug_pathin Connection and control parameters, and optionally set the file size withmax_log_file_size. - Return value Returns an error code. See Error code reference.
setParams
Use this interface to set or update the nls_config parameters separately. If you provide all parameters at once in startFileTranscriber, you don't need to call this method.
- Method signature
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Parameter description
Parameter Type Description paramsStringThe nls_configparameter in Speech recognition parameters. Parameters other thannls_configcannot be set through this method.Example: - Return value Returns an error code. See Error code reference.
startFileTranscriber
Starts recognition.
- Method signature
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Parameter description
Parameter Type Description paramsStringSpeech recognition parameters.Example: task_idbyte[]The task ID. The SDK generates a random string internally. You get the task_id after this interface returns successfully. - Return value Returns an error code. See Error code reference.
queryFileTranscriber
Use this interface to query the current status and result of an asynchronous task. After the call succeeds, the result is returned through the EVENT_FILE_TRANS_QUERY_RESULT event in the onFileTransEventCallback callback.
task_id passed to this method from the EVENT_FILE_TRANS_UPLOADED event.- Method signature
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Parameter description
Parameter
Type
Description
task_idStringThe ID of the task to query, obtained from the
EVENT_FILE_TRANS_UPLOADEDevent. - Return value Returns an error code. See Error code reference.
cancelFileTranscriber
Cancels the current task immediately.
- Method signature
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Parameter description
Parameter
Type
Description
task_idStringThe ID of the task to cancel, obtained from the
EVENT_FILE_TRANS_UPLOADEDevent. - Return value Returns an error code. See Error code reference.
release
Releases all internal resources of the SDK. After you call this method, the SDK instance becomes unusable. To use it again, you must call initialize to initialize it again.
- Method signature
- Return value Returns an error code. See Error code reference.
GetVersion
Gets the current SDK version information.
- Method signature
- Return value The current SDK version information.
INativeFileTransCallback: listener callbacks
onFileTransEventCallback: listen for events and recognition results
- Method signature
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Parameter description
Parameter
Type
Description
eventThe callback event.
resultCodeintThe error code. Valid when the EVENT_ASR_ERROR event occurs.
asrResultAsrResultThe speech recognition result.
taskIdStringThe task ID.
arg2intA reserved parameter.
onFileTransLogTrackCallback: listen for trace logs
This callback receives the SDK's detailed internal logs for problem diagnosis and debugging.
NuiEvent: event types
Event | Description |
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EVENT_FILE_TRANS_CONNECTED | The service connection succeeded. |
EVENT_FILE_TRANS_UPLOADED | The audio file to recognize was uploaded successfully. You can now obtain the |
EVENT_FILE_TRANS_QUERY_RESULT | A task result query. |
EVENT_FILE_TRANS_RESULT | The final recognition result. |
EVENT_ASR_ERROR | An error occurred during speech recognition. |