diff --git a/speech/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/speech/QuickstartSample.java b/speech/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/speech/QuickstartSample.java
index fbb0053f17b..5115f75ff2a 100644
--- a/speech/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/speech/QuickstartSample.java
+++ b/speech/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/speech/QuickstartSample.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
         .setEncoding(AudioEncoding.LINEAR16)
         .setSampleRateHertz(16000)
         .setLanguageCode("en-US")
+        .setEnableWordTimeOffsets(false)
         .build();
     RecognitionAudio audio = RecognitionAudio.newBuilder()
         .setContent(audioBytes)
diff --git a/speech/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/speech/Recognize.java b/speech/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/speech/Recognize.java
index 619c402c49e..b3d156a2295 100644
--- a/speech/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/speech/Recognize.java
+++ b/speech/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/speech/Recognize.java
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ public static void syncRecognizeFile(String fileName) throws Exception, IOExcept
         .setEncoding(AudioEncoding.LINEAR16)
         .setLanguageCode("en-US")
         .setSampleRateHertz(16000)
+        .setEnableWordTimeOffsets(false)
         .build();
     RecognitionAudio audio = RecognitionAudio.newBuilder()
         .setContent(audioBytes)
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ public static void syncRecognizeGcs(String gcsUri) throws Exception, IOException
         .setEncoding(AudioEncoding.FLAC)
         .setLanguageCode("en-US")
         .setSampleRateHertz(16000)
+        .setEnableWordTimeOffsets(false)
         .build();
     RecognitionAudio audio = RecognitionAudio.newBuilder()
         .setUri(gcsUri)
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@ public static void asyncRecognizeFile(String fileName) throws Exception, IOExcep
         .setEncoding(AudioEncoding.LINEAR16)
         .setLanguageCode("en-US")
         .setSampleRateHertz(16000)
+        .setEnableWordTimeOffsets(true)
         .build();
     RecognitionAudio audio = RecognitionAudio.newBuilder()
         .setContent(audioBytes)
@@ -185,7 +188,15 @@ public static void asyncRecognizeFile(String fileName) throws Exception, IOExcep
     for (SpeechRecognitionResult result: results) {
       List<SpeechRecognitionAlternative> alternatives = result.getAlternativesList();
       for (SpeechRecognitionAlternative alternative: alternatives) {
-        System.out.printf("Transcription: %s%n", alternative.getTranscript());
+        System.out.printf("Transcription: %s\n",alternative.getTranscript());
+        for (WordInfo wordInfo: alternative.getWordsList()) {
+          System.out.println(wordInfo.getWord());
+          System.out.printf("\t%s.%s sec - %s.%s sec\n",
+              wordInfo.getStartTime().getSeconds(),
+              wordInfo.getStartTime().getNanos() / 100000000,
+              wordInfo.getEndTime().getSeconds(),
+              wordInfo.getEndTime().getNanos() / 100000000);
+        }
       }
     }
     speech.close();
diff --git a/speech/cloud-client/src/test/java/com/example/speech/RecognizeIT.java b/speech/cloud-client/src/test/java/com/example/speech/RecognizeIT.java
index c2417fe7cfc..e4544bef84c 100644
--- a/speech/cloud-client/src/test/java/com/example/speech/RecognizeIT.java
+++ b/speech/cloud-client/src/test/java/com/example/speech/RecognizeIT.java
@@ -84,7 +84,14 @@ public void testAsyncRecognizeGcs() throws Exception {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testAsyncWordoffset() throws Exception {
+  public void testAsyncWordoffsetFile() throws Exception {
+    Recognize.asyncRecognizeFile(fileName);
+    String got = bout.toString();
+    assertThat(got).contains("\t0.0 sec -");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testAsyncWordoffsetGcs() throws Exception {
     Recognize.asyncRecognizeGcs(gcsPath);
     String got = bout.toString();
     assertThat(got).contains("\t0.0 sec -");