The present disclosure describes a method, apparatus, and storage medium for performing speech recognition. The method includes acquiring, by an apparatus, first to-be-processed speech information. The apparatus includes a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory. The method includes acquiring, by the apparatus, a first pause duration according to the first to-be-processed speech information; and in response to the first pause duration being greater than or equal to a first threshold, performing, by the apparatus, speech recognition on the first to-be-processed speech information to obtain a first result of sentence segmentation of speech, the first result of sentence segmentation of speech being text information, the first threshold being determined according to speech information corresponding to a previous moment.