@java.lang.Override
  public java.lang.String getWord() {
    java.lang.Object ref = word_;
    if (ref instanceof java.lang.String) {
      return (java.lang.String) ref;
    } else {
      com.google.protobuf.ByteString bs = (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
      java.lang.String s = bs.toStringUtf8();
      word_ = s;
      return s;
    }
  }
<pre>
The word corresponding to this set of information.
</pre>

<code>string word = 3;</code>

@return The word.
java-speech/proto-google-cloud-speech-v1/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/speech/v1/WordInfo.java