public Builder mergeFrom(com.google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeechRecognitionAlternative other) {
      if (other == com.google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeechRecognitionAlternative.getDefaultInstance())
        return this;
      if (!other.getTranscript().isEmpty()) {
        transcript_ = other.transcript_;
        bitField0_ |= 0x00000001;
        onChanged();
      }
      if (other.getConfidence() != 0F) {
        setConfidence(other.getConfidence());
      }
      if (wordsBuilder_ == null) {
        if (!other.words_.isEmpty()) {
          if (words_.isEmpty()) {
            words_ = other.words_;
            bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000004);
          } else {
            ensureWordsIsMutable();
            words_.addAll(other.words_);
          }
          onChanged();
        }
      } else {
        if (!other.words_.isEmpty()) {
          if (wordsBuilder_.isEmpty()) {
            wordsBuilder_.dispose();
            wordsBuilder_ = null;
            words_ = other.words_;
            bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000004);
            wordsBuilder_ =
                com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3.alwaysUseFieldBuilders
                    ? getWordsFieldBuilder()
                    : null;
          } else {
            wordsBuilder_.addAllMessages(other.words_);
          }
        }
      }
      this.mergeUnknownFields(other.getUnknownFields());
      onChanged();
      return this;
    }
<pre>
Alternative hypotheses (a.k.a. n-best list).
</pre>

Protobuf type {@code google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeechRecognitionAlternative}
java-speech/proto-google-cloud-speech-v1/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/speech/v1/SpeechRecognitionAlternative.java