---
title: inputMode
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: appkit/nsspeechsynthesizer/speechpropertykey/inputmode
---

# inputMode

Get or set the synthesizer’s current text-processing mode.

## Declaration

```swift
static let inputMode: NSSpeechSynthesizer.SpeechPropertyKey
```

## Discussion

Discussion A string object that specifies whether the channel is currently in text input mode or phoneme input mode.The supported values are listed in NSSpeechSynthesizer.SpeechPropertyKey.Mode. When in phoneme-processing mode, a text string is interpreted to be a series of characters representing various phonemes and prosodic controls. Some synthesizers might support additional input-processing modes and define constants for these modes. This property is used with setObject(_:forProperty:) and object(forProperty:).

## See Also

### Speech Property Keys

- [status](appkit/nsspeechsynthesizer/speechpropertykey/status.md)
- [errors](appkit/nsspeechsynthesizer/speechpropertykey/errors.md)
- [characterMode](appkit/nsspeechsynthesizer/speechpropertykey/charactermode.md)
- [numberMode](appkit/nsspeechsynthesizer/speechpropertykey/numbermode.md)
- [rate](appkit/nsspeechsynthesizer/speechpropertykey/rate.md)
- [pitchBase](appkit/nsspeechsynthesizer/speechpropertykey/pitchbase.md)
- [pitchMod](appkit/nsspeechsynthesizer/speechpropertykey/pitchmod.md)
- [volume](appkit/nsspeechsynthesizer/speechpropertykey/volume.md)
- [synthesizerInfo](appkit/nsspeechsynthesizer/speechpropertykey/synthesizerinfo.md)
- [recentSync](appkit/nsspeechsynthesizer/speechpropertykey/recentsync.md)
- [phonemeSymbols](appkit/nsspeechsynthesizer/speechpropertykey/phonemesymbols.md)
- [currentVoice](appkit/nsspeechsynthesizer/speechpropertykey/currentvoice.md)
- [commandDelimiter](appkit/nsspeechsynthesizer/speechpropertykey/commanddelimiter.md)
- [reset](appkit/nsspeechsynthesizer/speechpropertykey/reset.md)
- [outputToFileURL](appkit/nsspeechsynthesizer/speechpropertykey/outputtofileurl.md)